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NT cop loses inquest fight to stay silent

A judge has ruled Zach Rolfe must answer a coroner's questions at an Indigenous man's inquest. (Aaron Bunch/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

A Northern Territory police officer can be forced to answer a coroner's questions about the night he shot an Indigenous teenager dead.

Constable Zachary Rolfe shot Kumanjayi Walker, 19, three times during a bungled outback arrest in Yuendumu, northwest of Alice Springs, on November 9, 2019.

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