Death in custody: Indigenous man dies in police watch house in far north Queensland
by Australia Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#65NHC)
Police say 51-year-old was arrested and taken to Kowanyama watch house where he was later found 'unresponsive in his cell'
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An Indigenous man has died in custody at a police watch house after he was arrested in a First Nations community in far north Queensland.
The 51-year-old was arrested over domestic violence allegations in the remote community of Kowanyama on Cape York peninsula on Wednesday afternoon, authorities said.
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