(Radio NZ) Newly released documents reveal the LynnMall knife attacker was assaulted twice in prison by other inmates, and blamed for starting a third fight.
A Muslim leader says the fact this is only coming to light now shows how one-sided the official narrative has been.
Ahamed Samsudeen, who came here after a traumatic upbringing in Sri Lanka, was shot dead by police as a terrorist threat when he injured eight people in an Auckland supermarket last September, just weeks after his release from prison.
The Corrections Department was quick to detail his alleged assaults and threats against guards, in a three-page statement released three days after his death.
