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Aaron Bunch

BIZARRE: War zone fears over nt cops weapons - What They Never Told You

An Indigenous teenager shot dead by Northern Territory police during an attempted arrest wasn't a threat to his remote community, an inquest has been told.

Kumanjayi Walker, 19, died on November 9, 2019, after Constable Zachary Rolfe, 31, shot him three times in the remote community of Yuendumu, 290km northwest of Alice Springs.

Aboriginal community police officer Derek Williams said his nephew Mr Walker was in the community to attend a beloved family member's funeral and there should have been no urgency to arrest him.

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