Ahamed Samsudeen coming out of the New Lynn train station, on the day of the attack on September 3, 2021. Photo: Supplied
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The inquest into the LynnMall terror attack will see further analysis of video showing how the assault unfolded, when it resumes on Thursday.
Ahamed Samsudeen stabbed five people and injured two others at a Woolworths supermarket in Auckland's New Lynn, before he was shot and killed by police.
Survivors at the inquest on Wednesday watched a video of Ahamed Samsudeen pausing to put on a red glove inside the supermarket.
He was then seen ripping a knife from its packaging and rushing at his first victim.
What happened next scarred survivors physically and emotionally.
One survivor, who had name suppression, told the inquest just how much of an impact the attack had on her.
"For some, the mere thought of entering a supermarket has become an insurmountable obstacle," she said.
"We are no longer the individuals we used to be, and coming to terms with this reality is profoundly difficult."
Samsudeen's rampage ended after he was shot 12 times by police.
He had been granted refugee status in 2013, was identified by the SIS as a terrorist threat in early 2017, and was under surveillance at the time of the attack on 3 September, 2021.
Detective Senior Sergeant Jason McIntosh told the inquest about the moment authorities noticed a change in his social media posting.
"Recent content continues to reference Jannah, in brackets 'afterlife', and death, he's referenced literature on lone wolf terrorism" McIntosh said.
"Samsudeen has begun to increasingly include his own commentary when posting, which may assist with understanding his mindset going forward."
The inquest was shown footage of Samsudeen's previous trip to the supermarket - roughly a month before the attack.
He could be seen walking to the knives aisle, appearing to take special notice of the items on the shelves.
McIntosh was questioned by police counsel Alysha McClintock over Samsudeen's movements in the time leading up to the attack, as recorded in surveillance logs.
"Once it was understood that Mr Samsudeen had visited the New Lynn Countdown previously on the 12th of August, the footage we've just seen, was there subsequently by one of your colleagues, an endeavour to go through the surveillance logs and look at the locations that might have had knifes and or other weapons that Mr Samsudeen had visited," McClintock asked.
"Correct, yes" McIntosh replied.
The logs revealed Samsudeen made about 119 visits to more than 60 different locations that could have had knives or other weapons.
The lawyer representing the interests of Samsudeen's family, Fletcher Pilditch, asked McIntosh about the police surveillance of Samsudeen.
"Was it the observations that had been made and recorded by the surveillance team that enabled you after the 3rd of September to then go and identify other places where he had been?
"And I don't need to pry into where that information came from, I was just interested in the source of it," Pilditch said.
"I do know that we compiled a list post investigation," McIntosh responded.
The inquest was expected on Thursday to go through a frame-by-frame analysis of CCTV footage from the attack, as well as hearing technical evidence later in the day.
