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Psychiatrist tells inquest of stalking behaviours by supermarket attacker Ahamed Samsudeen

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Ella Scott-Fleming
Psychiatrist tells inquest of stalking behaviours by supermarket attacker Ahamed Samsudeen
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A forensic psychiatrist testified at an inquest that Ahamed Samsudeen, who committed a 2021 supermarket terror attack, exhibited severe stalking behaviors and erotomanic delusions. The expert suggested that legal restrictions placed on his contact with a lawyer may have triggered his violent outburst.

Ahamed Samsudeen injured six people during a frenzied knife attack at a Countdown before he was shot dead. Photos / Getty Images, NZME

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