Author Topic: Indian students die after argument over money in Perth (Read 946 times)

TheStig · « **on:** February 12, 2010, 09:46:52 PM »

TWO men who died after a fight sparked by a dispute over money in a suburban Perth street were Indian students, police have confirmed.

A third Indian national, aged 22, was being questioned by police tonight over the deaths, which detectives are treating as a double homicide.

Detective Inspector David Bryson said early investigations pointed to a dispute over money as the trigger for the incident.

"Essentially that's it - there's been a dispute about money and things have obviously escalated,'' he said.

"It's obviously taken a life of its own from there.''

The detective said a badly injured 20-year-old man made his way to a St John Ambulance depot at Morley, in Perth's east, about 4am (WST) today.

He told ambulance officers that another man lay injured in a nearby street.

"That male has been injured and he's alerted them to the fact there's another male injured not too far away,'' Det Insp Bryson said.

The man who reported to ambulance officers was taken to hospital but died later from his injuries.

The body of a 19-year-old man was found outside a unit in Crimea Street, Morley, where both men were believed to have lived with "a bunch of friends'', Det Insp Bryson said.

The Major Crime Squad confirmed on Friday that all three men involved in the altercation were Indian nationals.

The two deceased men both held current overseas student visas, while the 22-year-old being questioned by police was living in Australia on an international student visa.

Their names would not be released until relatives in India had been notified, a statement from WA Police said.

Det Insp Bryson could not say if the incident may have been related to a drug debt and would not reveal the injuries sustained

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