But it emerged that he had been in New Zealand for 10 years, and had been known to the authorities for the last five, during which time police made repeated efforts to speak to the “highly paranoid” man, curb his behaviour, and put him in jail.
Interesting article on the Auckland New Zealand attacker, he was previously detained, well know to local LE & under 24 hrs survelliance. A lone actor, it just shows how difficult to predidict/prevent these cases are (similar to Wüzberg case) fyi; CopSmithTPS MrMubinShaikh
Jihadis need locking up for good. It’s not difficult.
They should have just deported him back to his home country. He was more trouble than he was worth.