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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Elias Visontay

Investigation launched after 29-year-old Tasmanian dies in custody

Tasmanian police sign
Tasmanian police say the death of a 29-year-old man in custody was ‘tragic’ and an investigation has been launched. Photograph: Marcel van den Bos/Alamy

Tasmanian authorities have launched an investigation into a man’s death in police custody in Hobart on Saturday.

Police arrested the 29-year-old man from Glenorchy at about 1:55am, after several reports he was acting “in a suspicious and erratic” manner in the Moonah area.

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