(Radio NZ) Authorities’ failure to provide the LynnMall terror attacker with religious support in custody may have contributed to his radicalisation and later violence, a lawyer for his family says.
Ahamed Samsudeen seriously injured five people in a stabbing at a West Auckland supermarket in September 2021.
A sixth person had minor injuries and a seventh dislocated his shoulder trying to stop the attack.
Samsudeen, who had recently been released from prison and was under active surveillance, was shot dead by police.
Coroner Marcus Elliott is conducting a hearing in Auckland to determine the scope and form of a coronial inquiry into Samsudeen’s death.
