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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Sarah Collard in Alice Springs

Kumanjayi Walker’s family feared another police shooting following his death, inquest told

Samara Brown-Fernandez holding a microphone before a protest
Samara Brown-Fernandez, pictured here in 2019, said she ‘genuinely feared for the lives of my family members’ in the immediate aftermath of the shooting of Kumanjayi Walker. Photograph: Kelly Barnes/AAP

A relative of Kumanjayi Walker has told an inquest she feared for the lives of her family following the 19-year-old’s death and said the shooting had led to deteriorating relations between police and the Aboriginal community.

Walker was shot three times by police officer Const Zachery Rolfe during an attempted arrest in the remote Northern Territory community of Yuendumu in November 2019.

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