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Walker inquest told of NT police deception

Samara Fernandez-Brown watched a police convoy believing her cousin was alive, a coroner has heard. (Aaron Bunch/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

A terrified Indigenous community was tricked into believing one of their sons was still alive hours after he had been shot dead by Northern Territory police, an inquest has been told.

Constable Zachary Rolfe, 31, shot Kumanjayi Walker, 19, three times about 7.22pm on November 9, 2019 during an attempted arrest in the remote community of Yuendumu, 290km northwest of Alice Springs.

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