An Islamic State (ISIS)-inspired extremist who attacked shoppers in a New Zealand supermarket on Friday had been fighting deportation for immigration fraud, The Associated Press reported on Sunday.
The attacker, Ahamed Samsudeen, 32, arrived in New Zealand 10 years ago on a student visa. A Tamil Muslim, he applied for refugee status on the basis of being persecuted in Sri Lanka, where a civil war ended in 2009 with the defeat of a Tamil rebel group, according to the report.
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