LynnMall knife attack: New hearing to start on death of Ahamed Samsudeen

(Radio NZ) A hearing starts on Monday to determine the scope and form of a coronial inquiry into the death of the LynnMall terror attacker more than two years ago.

Ahamed Samsudeen was fatally shot by the police after stabbing multiple people in a West Auckland supermarket in September 2021, shortly after his release from prison.

Coroner Marcus Elliott will conduct the hearing, which is set down for two-and-a-half days in Auckland.

He will consider the findings of five state agency investigations and previous judicial decisions and hear submissions from survivors, the police, Immigration, Corrections and Samsudeen’s family.

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