FED:Body found outside Canberra flats

AAP General News (Australia)
08-04-2011
FED:Body found outside Canberra flats

CANBERRA, Aug 4 AAP - A man whose body was found outside a block of flats in Canberra's
inner north had suffered severe head injuries.

ACT police have confirmed they are treating the man's death as a homicide.

The man's body was found in Braddon lying under a tree in a grassed area about 15 metres
from the roadway of Northbourne Avenue, early on Thursday morning.

Police say the victim was an Asian male aged between 20 to 40 years old.

Officers say he had suffered major head trauma.

It is not known whether any weapons were involved, police say.

Police have sealed off the crime scene.

Two southbound lanes of Northbourne Avenue have been closed while police continue to
search the area.

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