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How a Released Prisoner Became a Killer | Auckland News
Auckland’s coroner’s inquest into the supermarket knife attack is unraveling the chilling path of Ahamed Samsudeen — a man released from prison just weeks before he fatally wounded five. Once granted NZ residency in 2014, he was flagged as a violent extremist by 2016, serving four years behind bars — including 17 months in segregation — for possessing ISIS propaganda. Now, investigators are probing whether authorities missed red flags: his escalating hostility toward staff during incarceration, his refusal of psychological evaluations post-release, and disturbing patterns of stalking and…
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