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New Zealand teenager tried to assassinate Queen Elizabeth in 1981:...Charlotte Greenfield, Paulina Duran3 Min ReadWELLINGTON/SYDNEY (Reuters) - New Zealand’s intelligence agency on Thursday confirmed for the first time that a teenager tried to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II during a visit to the southern city of Dunedin in 1981, sparking a police inquiry into how the incident was handled.Documents released by the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (SIS) show the then 17-year-old Christopher Lewis shot at the Queen as she got out of her vehicle on the way to a science fair on Oct. 14 during her eight-day tour of the Commonwealth nation. Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-newzealand-security-queen/new-zealand-teenager-tried-to-assassinate-queen-elizabeth-in-1981-intelligence-agency-idUSKCN1GD3RN