New witnesses offer fresh information into ‘kambo’ death at northern NSW spiritual retreat

Coroner pauses inquest into death of Jarrad Antonovich, who died after drinking ayahuasca and partaking in a kambo' ritual

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The inquest for a man who died after taking a cocktail of alternative medicines" at a spiritual retreat in northern New South Wales has been adjourned after new witnesses emerged.

Jarrad Antonovich died after drinking ayahuasca and partaking in a kambo" ritual at a six-day spiritual festival held on a property near Kyogle in October 2021.

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