Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Kumanjayi Walker

First shot wouldn't have stopped Kumanjayi

A combat surgeon has told Constable Zachary Rolfe's murder trial that the policeman's first shot would not have stopped Kumanjayi Walker wielding scissors.

AAP

Zachary Rolfe trial: witness saw officer holding gun ‘very close’ to Kumanjayi Walker before fatal shooting

Walker had told family member he planned to hand himself in to police, court hears

The Guardian - AU

Officer tells Zachary Rolfe murder trial Kumanjayi Walker was 'struggling' with police before shots were fired

A senior constable tells the Northern Territory Supreme Court he saw Constable Rolfe fire his second and third shots "at extremely close range" as Kumanjayi Walker struggled with another officer.

ABC News

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Kumanjayi planned to surrender: top cop

Northern Territory assistant police commissioner Travis Wurst says Kumanjayi Walker planned to surrender and Constable Zach Rolfe was told to help local police.

AAP

Zachary Rolfe trial: fellow officer denies trying to help accused with ‘don’t recall’ answers

Court also hears that Kumanjayi Walker had been told by a family member to surrender to police

The Guardian - AU

NT Police officer denies trying to 'help' Constable Zachary Rolfe with evidence given at Kumanjayi Walker murder trial

Prosecutors have challenged the evidence of NT Police constable James Kirstenfeldt, who said he did not recall an email outlining a plan to arrest 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker at dawn.

ABC News

Kumanjayi Walker's uncle relives moments before nephew's shooting

Kumanjayi Walker's uncle has taken to the witness stand to relive the moment he heard gunshots from inside the house two police officers had just entered in search of his nephew on the night of his alleged murder.

The Canberra Times

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Kumanjayi 'planned to surrender to police'

Aboriginal teenager Kumanjayi Walker planned to hand himself in to police the day after Constable Zach Rolfe allegedly murdered him, a court has been told.

AAP

Juror discharged a week into murder trial of NT police officer Zachary Rolfe

Trial also hears from two other officers who were deployed from Alice Springs on the day of the fatal shooting of Kumanjayi Walker

The Guardian - AU

Jury member discharged one week in to murder trial of NT Police officer Zachary Rolfe

A reserve juror has been called in to the murder trial of Northern Territory police officer Zachary Rolfe after an original jury member was discharged.

ABC News

Juror discharged in Rolfe murder trial

A jury member has been discharged from the trial for a Northern Territory policeman accused of murdering an Aboriginal teenager Kumanjayi Walker.

AAP

Superintendent tells Zachary Rolfe murder trial he approved plan for early morning arrest of Kumanjayi Walker

The superintendent who approved the original plan to arrest 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker says officers were supposed to wait until 5am the following morning to carry out the operation.

ABC News

Murder trial of NT police officer Zachary Rolfe finishes first week of evidence over fatal shooting of Kumanjayi Walker

More than two years after the Northern Territory police officer was charged over the fatal shooting of Yuendumu teenager Kumanjayi Walker, the prosecution and defence have each begun to make their case.

ABC News

Lawyers for Zachary Rolfe accuse Yuendumu police officer Julie Frost of 'concealing' notes about fatal shooting

The defence team in NT police officer Zachary Rolfe's murder trial has pressed the officer-in-charge at Yuendumu over her evidence about the lead-up to the shooting of 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker.

ABC News

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - AU

Zachary Rolfe trial: officer in charge denies Kumanjayi Walker arrest was timed to let her sleep

During heated cross-examination, Julie Frost also denies she deliberately withheld evidence

The Guardian - AU

Victoria’s ‘code brown’ to end; WA records second Covid death – as it happened

This blog is now closed

AAP

Sergeant denies hiding Kumanjayi evidence

Constable Zach Rolfe's lawyer has accused a police sergeant of concealing evidence about the night Aboriginal teenager Kumanjayi Walker was fatally shot.

The Guardian - AU

Zachary Rolfe trial: Kumanjayi Walker shot dead by officer minutes after safe arrest plan briefing, court hears

NT constable’s murder trial hears that family urged Walker to hand himself in after he earlier threatened officers with an axe

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

ABC News

Video of fatal shooting of Kumanjayi Walker by NT police officer Zachary Rolfe shown at murder trial

Body-worn camera footage played in the murder trial of NT police officer Zachary Rolfe shows the moment Yuendumu teenager Kumanjayi Walker was shot during an attempted arrest. WARNING: This article contains the footage of the shooting.

AAP

Murder-accused cop's team 'ignored plan'

A senior police officer drew up a plan to arrest Aboriginal teenager Kumanjayi Walker early in the morning but Constable Zachary Rolfe's team had other ideas.

AAP

Video of Kumanjayi shooting shown to jury

Confronting body worn camera footage of the moment a Northern Territory policeman shot Aboriginal teenager Kumanjayi Walker has been shown to a murder trial.

The Guardian - AU

‘He might get shot’: Kumanjayi Walker threatened officers with axe three days before fatal police shooting, court hears

NT police officer’s murder trial hears details of earlier arrest attempt by different officers

ABC News

Jury in Zachary Rolfe murder trial shown video of Kumanjayi Walker threatening police with axe days before fatal shooting

A police witness has told the murder trial of NT police officer Zachary Rolfe that he did not believe the teenager intended to use the axe during a confrontation three days before the fatal shooting.

The Guardian - AU

Zachary Rolfe trial: photos reveal stab injury sustained by NT police officer before fatal shooting

Images show a small red wound where Kumanjayi Walker brought down a pair of medical scissors on Rolfe’s left shoulder

AAP

Kumanjayi Walker attacked police with axe

Three days before a Northern Territory policeman shot Aboriginal teenager Kumanjayi Walker during a failed arrest attempt, he ran at an officer with an axe.

1 … 13 14 15 16

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Sydney Morning Herald

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.