LynnMall attacker believed Muslims were being harmed and cornered, inquest hears
A coronial inquest into the 2021 LynnMall supermarket attack has revealed that the perpetrator, Ahamed Samsudeen, held radicalized views and believed Muslims were being persecuted globally. Testimony from his former mentor highlighted Samsudeen's resistance to deradicalization efforts.
Why it matters
The inquest provides insight into the path to violent extremism and the challenges authorities face in monitoring and rehabilitating radicalized individuals.
The former mentor of the man stabbed six people at an Auckland supermarket has spoken about his radical ideas of Islam.
Ahamed Samsudeen was shot 12 times by police , ending the attack.
A coronial inquest into his death is underway, looking at the time leading up to the attack and this path to violent extremism .
The coroner heard from a man who supported Samsudeen when he first arrived in New Zealand 2011. He cannot be named
Authorities first arrested Samsudeen in 2017 at Auckland Airport, with the Security Intelligence Service believing he was travelling to Syria to join Islamic State/ISIS fighters there.
He denied charges against him throughout his remand in prison, suggesting he was persuaded into posting extremist content on social media by a man who befriended him.
His mentor said Samsudeen would call him while in prison to vent his frustrations.
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