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Gold Coast detectives investigating death of man, 60, after early morning altercation with neighbour
Queensland police are investigating whether the death of a 60-year-old man on the Gold Coast this morning was the result of an ongoing dispute with a neighbour about bird feeding.
Key points:
- Detective Inspector Chris Ahern says an early morning discussion “progressed into a dispute”
- A taxi driver who saw the altercation stopped to intervene
- Police suspect the dead man was assaulted with a broom handle
Paramedics were called to a street in Labrador at 5:40am and found the man collapsed and unresponsive.
Attempts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful.
Police are interviewing the man’s 48-year-old male neighbour.
Detective Inspector Chris Ahern said police were looking into whether the two men’s long-running disagreement about birds was behind the…
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