12 Mar 2024

Family of Lynn Mall terror attacker wants public inquest

From Morning Report, 8:17 am on 12 March 2024

The family of the Lynn Mall terror attacker wants a public inquest to find out if the police could have prevented his death. 

A hearing is under way in Auckland to set determine the scope and form of a coronial inquiry into the death of Ahamed Samsudeen.

He was fatally shot by the police after stabbing eight people in a supermarket  in September 2021, shortly after his release from prison.

Chris Cessford reports.