(NZ Herald) A coronial inquest will be held as to whether government agencies could have done more to prevent an Islamic State supporter from attacking multiple shoppers at a West Auckland supermarket.
[Ahamed] Samsudeen, 32, injured six shoppers, including three critically, in a frenzied knife attack before being shot dead by two undercover police officers at the New Lynn Countdown on September 3, 2021.
A statement from Coroner Marcus Elliot today noted that while Samsudeen’s case was “complex and difficult” for government agencies who dealt with him, there were still questions that arose.
The coroner said those questions were as to whether “government agencies contributed to him becoming radicalised and whether they could have taken steps to divert him from the path to violent extremism.”
