A man shot dead by police in Brisbane’s CBD in 2020 had not taken his schizophrenia medication when he stabbed a tourist before charging at an officer with a knife, an inquest has heard.
Coroner Terry Ryan, who is examining the death of 24-year-old Mohamad Ikraam Bahram, on Wednesday heard that his family were alarmed by their son’s abrupt departure from their home on 23 February 2020, which they believed was “out of character”.
He eventually parked his mother’s car in Brisbane’s CBD, before approaching a British man and his fiancee with a knife at around 10am.
After chasing the man through the city, Bahram stabbed the man in the back before he managed to escape into a building, the inquest heard. The tourist was transported to hospital with a laceration to his back, a fractured nose and a split and swollen upper lip.
Sr Const David Eiser, who was called to the scene, told the inquest he “feared for his life” as Bahram charged towards him with a knife.
He said he was left with no other option but to shoot at Bahram.
“I directed [Bahram] to drop the knife. I yelled it four times,” Eiser said.
“As he ran towards me, I went backwards … and it’s at that time [I discharged my firearm].
“He [had] stumbled and fallen. I discharged my firearm again until there was no longer a threat to myself or my partner.”
Det Sgt Donna Green from Queensland police’s ethical standards command told the inquest she found Eiser and his partner had acted appropriately in the…
