The Crown is seeking an urgent lifting of the suppression orders surrounding the terrorist who stabbed six people in Countdown in LynnMall on Friday shortly after 2pm. 

The man, who can't be named due to those suppression orders, was shot dead by police during the attack. 

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern condemned the attack by the ISIS-inspired terrorist: "This was a violent attack, it was senseless and I'm so sorry it happened," said Ardern.

"It was despicable, it was hateful, it was wrong. It was carried out by an individual, not a faith, not a culture, not an ethnicity - but an individual person who was gripped by ideology that is not supported here by anyone or any community, Ardern said. 

"He alone carries the responsibility for these acts. Let that be where the judgement falls."

A timeline of the deadly attack can be read here

What we know:

• A man attacked fellow shoppers with a knife at Countdown LynnMall in west Auckland shortly after 2pm.
• Six people are injured - three critically, one seriously, and two moderately. Several witnesses filmed the terror.
• The attacker was shot dead by police shortly within roughly a minute of the attack starting.
• The Prime Minister said it was a terror attack and the perpetrator was inspired by ISIS.
• The man is a Sri Lankan national who moved to New Zealand in 2011 and was placed on a terror watchlist in 2016. You can read more about him here
• Legislation prevented him from being imprisoned but he was under heavy surveillance at the time the attack was carried out.

08:34am - There has been no official update on the condition of the six victims of the terror attack. Three are in critical condition after being stabbed, one is in a serious condition and two others are moderate. 

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Police told Newshub "We are working at the moment to try and get updates on the victims' conditions.  

"We'll include any update in any further media release done today."

08:27am - A witness has told Newshub the harrowing moment a man began a frenzied, Islamic State-inspired knife attack in west Auckland.

Shaneena Balasundram was just metres away from the attack, after coming face-to-face with the 32-year-old terrorist.

"I went to Countdown and I was going through the dairy/milk aisle and this guy out of nowhere just started stabbing this lady out of nowhere, who was also looking in the dairy/milk aisle." 

"I'm so sorry I couldn't do much - I just froze. I wish I could do more… He stabbed her again, 'Allahu akbar, allahu akbar'... when he looked at me, he didn't seem to be interested in me."

08:18am - There is still a heavy police prescence at both LynnMall and the Masjid e Bilal mosque.