Mystery surrounds unusual deaths
Brad Watts
NEWS.com.au
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Katherine (Australia):
Panic has spread throughout Katherine in the Northern Territory following the mysterious deaths of three Aborigines in the Katherine River over the past week.
The unease was heightened after a badly decomposed body was found by tourists in the river near Morrows Farm, about 300km south of Darwin, about 2.30pm (CDT) yesterday.The bodies of two Aboriginal men were also discovered floating in the river about 700m apart last weekend.Autopsies showed they had drowned.
None of the deaths is being treated as suspicious at this point, but resident said they were scared."The Aboriginal people are running scared as they don't know what's going on," Peter Lee from the Katherine Hotel said.
Mar 05, 2006
Brad Watts
NEWS.com.au
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Katherine (Australia):
Panic has spread throughout Katherine in the Northern Territory following the mysterious deaths of three Aborigines in the Katherine River over the past week.
The unease was heightened after a badly decomposed body was found by tourists in the river near Morrows Farm, about 300km south of Darwin, about 2.30pm (CDT) yesterday.The bodies of two Aboriginal men were also discovered floating in the river about 700m apart last weekend.Autopsies showed they had drowned.
None of the deaths is being treated as suspicious at this point, but resident said they were scared."The Aboriginal people are running scared as they don't know what's going on," Peter Lee from the Katherine Hotel said.
Mar 05, 2006
