New Zealand tried for years to deport Auckland knife attacker

Court documents identify Auckland attacker as a Tamil Muslim from Sri Lanka who was granted refugee status in 2013.

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says her government had been trying for years to deport the man who wounded seven people in a knife attack in Auckland. The statement came late on Saturday after a court in New Zealand lifted suppression orders and allowed the publication of details on the attacker. He was identified in court documents as Ahamed Aathil Mohamed Samsudeen, a Tamil Muslim from Sri Lanka.