he is mohammad samsudeen adil, aged 32 and from sri lanka. he grabbed a knife in a supermarket, had been living in new zealand since 2011. new zealand's prime ministerjacinda ardern said his interest in extremism became apparent five years ago. in 2016, he came to the attention of the police after he expressed sympathy on facebook for recent terrorist attacks, violent war—related videos and comments advocating violent extremism. he was spoken to by the police twice, once in april of 2016 and then again in may. this activity online continued and in may of 2017, he was arrested at auckland international airport. police believed at that time he was heading to syria. our correspondent in sydney, phil mercer, has more on the case. we know that after he was arrested by officers at auckland airport in may of 2017, he spent three years in custody after prohibited fundamentalist material was found at his home, there are also weapons offences and assaults on prison staff. and this man was released from prison in july this year. the authorities had trie