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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Sarah Collard

Kumanjayi Walker inquest: NT sergeant unaware specialist police carried assault rifles in community

Julie Frost
Julie Frost appeared at the inquest into the death of 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker. Photograph: Aaron Bunch/AAP

The sergeant in charge of the Yuendumu police station at the time of Kumanjayi Walker’s death has told an inquest she was unaware specialist police officers would be carrying AR-15 assault rifles around in the community.

Walker, 19, was shot three times by Northern Territory police Const Zachary Rolfe during an attempted arrest by the immediate response team (IRT) in the remote community in November 2019.

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