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Morning News: Refugee commits suicide in Brisbane

Sayed Mirwais Rohani died by suicide on Tuesday.

Sayed Mirwais Rohani died by suicide on Tuesday. Source: Supplied

The Department of Home Affairs has confirmed an Afghan refugee has died by suicide at a Brisbane hotel.


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The Department of Home Affairs has confirmed an Afghan refugee has died by suicide at a Brisbane hotel.


An Afghan refugee has died by suicide in Brisbane two years after he was transferred from Manus Island for medical treatment. 

Sayed Mirwais Rohani, 32, had been living in community detention for about a year when he died at a Brisbane hotel on Tuesday. 

The trained doctor had been transferred to Australia in 2017 after being held in detention on Manus Island for four years. 


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