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RNZ News
13-06-2025
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LynnMall attack inquest: Police had no option but to shoot Ahamed Samsudeen
Samsudeen was shot and killed by police at a Countdown supermarket in Auckland's New Lynn. Photo: 2021 Getty Images / NZ Herald / Greg Bowker The coronial inquest into LynnMall terrorist Ahamed Samsudeen has heard officers had no option but to shoot him during his attack at an Auckland supermarket four years ago. Samsudeen was shot and killed by police after stabbing four women and one man with a kitchen knife at a Countdown supermarket in Auckland's New Lynn. Two others were injured trying to stop him. Inspector Derek Sarney told the inquest Samsudeen did not cooperate with officers trying to de-escalate the situation. "The officers were unable to de-escalated the threat any further, therefore, they had to remain with lethal force being the option presented to Mr Samsudeen," he said. Offenders must show they are listening to commands so officers feel the threat reducing, something Sarney said Samsudeen did not do. "Therefore, any other option, other than the firearm, was not available to them without increasing significant risk to themselves or members of the public." Sarney said police believed Samsudeen posed a risk of death or grievous bodily harm to the public as well as the officers present during the attack. "Mr Samsudeen's actions were unpredictable, uncooperative, threatening by carriage and use of a large bladed weapon, and were goal driven to resist arrest by force," he said. Closing statements for phase one of the inquest are expected this afternoon. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
RNZ News
13-06-2025
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LynnMall attack inquest: Police had no option but to shoot Amahed Samsudeen
Samsudeen was shot and killed by police at a Countdown supermarket in Auckland's New Lynn. Photo: 2021 Getty Images / NZ Herald / Greg Bowker The coronial inquest into LynnMall terrorist Amahed Samsudeen has heard officers had no option but to shoot him during his attack at an Auckland supermarket four years ago. Samsudeen was shot and killed by police after stabbing four women and one man with a kitchen knife at a Countdown supermarket in Auckland's New Lynn. Two others were injured trying to stop him. Inspector Derek Sarney told the inquest Samsudeen did not cooperate with officers trying to de-escalate the situation. "The officers were unable to de-escalated the threat any further, therefore, they had to remain with lethal force being the option presented to Mr Samsudeen," he said. Offenders must show they are listening to commands so officers feel the threat reducing, something Sarney said Samsudeen did not do. "Therefore, any other option, other than the firearm, was not available to them without increasing significant risk to themselves or members of the public." Sarney said police believed Samsudeen posed a risk of death or grievous bodily harm to the public as well as the officers present during the attack. "Mr Samsudeen's actions were unpredictable, uncooperative, threatening by carriage and use of a large bladed weapon, and were goal driven to resist arrest by force," he said. Closing statements for phase one of the inquest are expected this afternoon. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
RNZ News
10-06-2025
- Health
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Inquest into LynnMall attacker's death hears he had 'zero' chance of survival after being shot by police
Photo: 2021 Getty Images / NZ Herald / Greg Bowker A forensic pathologist says some of the gunshots fired at LynnMall attacker Ahamed Samsudeen went through vital organs, leaving him no chance of survival. The coronial inquest into Samsudeen's death has resumed in Auckland after a break on Monday. Samsudeen attacked four women and one man with a knife at a Countdown supermarket in Auckland's New Lynn in 2021 , before being shot and killed by police. Forensic pathologist Dr Kilak Kesha conducted the post-mortem on Samsudeen. He found drugs in his system, but also a small amount of alcohol, likely a by-product of decomposition. Antidepressants were also detected, he said. Kesha told the inquest on Tuesday that Samsudeen died quickly from the gunshot wounds. He said four of the wounds would have been rapidly fatal. "It means that the gunshot wounds hit vital organs, and without immediate medical attention survivability is zero." Bullets pierced Samsudeen's heart, spleen, intestine and lungs, he said. "The mechanism of death is exsanguination or blood los - all of [the bullets] contributed to blood loss, so all of them contributed to death." Police counsel Alysha McClintock asked Kesha about the overall impact to a person's body after being hit by as many bullets as Samsudeen was. "After the autopsy, looking at all the injuries, the survivability is zero," Kesha said. The coronial inquest continues. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero, a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
