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Tim Dornin

Walker inquest told of self-harm incident

Kumanjayi Walker tried to harm himself after being taken into custody in 2014, an inquest has heard. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO) (AAP)

An Indigenous teenager shot dead by police in the Northern Territory tried to harm himself after being taken into custody some years earlier, an inquest has been told.

The NT coroner is investigating the death of Kumanjayi Walker who was shot and killed by a police officer during an attempted arrest in Yuendumu in 2019.

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