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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tamsin Rose

Danny Lim asked police to call ambulance and told them of his PTSD before arrest, witness says

Danny Lim faces two NSW police officers in the QVB in Sydney, moments before he was thrown to the ground.
Danny Lim faces two New South Wales police officers in the QVB in Sydney, moments before he was thrown to the ground. Photograph: Mike Ashley

The Sydney street personality Danny Lim repeatedly asked police officers to call an ambulance and informed them he had post-traumatic stress disorder before he was thrown to the ground and bloodied in a “discontinued” arrest, a witness says.

The allegation is consistent with the version of events Lim outlined to Guardian Australia from hospital, where on Wednesday night he remained, being treated for bleeding on the brain and neck injuries.

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