Nkencho 'didn't appear to be himself' on day he died

Inquest hears George Nkencho raised knife ‘above his head’ in front of gardai

Mr Nkencho, 27, died outside his home in Dublin in December 2020 after being shot multiple times by members of a Garda armed support unit.

George Nkencho took out a knife and raised it above his head before he was shot dead by gardaí, inquest hears

George Nkencho took out a knife and raised it above his head in his first ­interaction with gardaí a short time before he was shot dead by armed officers outside his family home in west Dublin five years ago, an inquest has heard.

George Nkencho raised a knife above his head shortly before he was shot by gardaí, inquest hears

A witness who knew Nkencho told the inquest that he was “not in the right frame of mind” when he saw him.

Nkencho 'didn't appear to be himself' on day he died

A former coursemate of George Nkencho has told an inquest into his death that he ''didn't appear to be himself" after he recognised the 27-year-old in a supermarket in Hartstown in Dublin on 30 December 2020, the day that he was killed.

Man who knew George Nkencho from football tells of meeting him moments before death

Mr Nkencho, 27, died outside his home in December 2020 after being shot multiple times by members of a Garda armed support unit

Off-licence employee feared for his life when George Nkencho pulled out a knife

A man put staff of a supermarket in fear of their lives after threatening them with a knife, shortly before he was fatally shot by gardaí five years ago, an inquest heard yesterday. A sitting of Dublin District Coroner’s Court heard evidence from eyewitnesses that George Nkencho carried out an unprovoked assault on the assistant manager of the Eurospar outlet in Hartstown Shopping Centre around midday on December 30, 2020. He then produced a kni…