Cassius Turvey: Aboriginal leaders call for creation of a ‘grieving place’ after meeting with police

Mechelle Turvey, mother of Cassius Turvey, takes part in a smoking ceremony at a vigil in Perth where she tearfully thanked the community for its support. Photograph: Richard Wainwright/AAP

Aboriginal leaders have called for the establishment of a “grieving place” in the wake of 15-year-old Cassius Turvey’s death after a “frank” meeting with senior Western Australian police.

Indigenous leaders came together to meet with police, including the commissioner, Col Blanch, calling for answers after what they say could have been a “racially targeted” attack on the Noongar-Yamatji schoolboy as he was walking home from school in Perth’s north-eastern suburbs.