First Nations boy, 10, dies in apparent suicide while in state care in Western Australia

The central law courts building in Perth in Western Australia. The 10-year-old Indigenous boy’s death has triggered a coronial inquest. Photograph: ncox1585/Getty Images

A 10-year-old First Nations boy has died in an apparent suicide in state care in Western Australia, advocates for the family say.

Advocates for the family say the boy, who cannot be named, took his own life on Friday night, leaving his family “devastated” and triggering a coronial inquiry.