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NT inquest revised amid community tensions

Kumanjayi Walker, 19, died after Constable Zachary Rolfe shot him three times. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO) (AAP)

An inquest into the death of an Indigenous teenager shot dead by a Northern Territory police officer won't begin as planned in a remote town because of community tensions.

Kumanjayi Walker, 19, died on November 9, 2019 after Constable Zachary Rolfe, 30, shot him three times during an outback arrest gone wrong in the remote community of Yuendumu, 290km northwest of Alice Springs.

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