Australian News / 31 October 2022
Remembering Cassius Turvey
Hundreds from Perth’s Indigenous community have gathered to remember Cassius Turvey and voice their anger over death. The 15yo died a week ago – reports say he was attacked while walking home from school with mates in Perth’s northeast 10 days before his death. A 21-year-old man has been charged with his murder and the assault of another boy in the group. Asked about it on Friday, PM Anthony Albanese said the assault was “clearly” racially motivated, leading Cassius’s mother Mechelle Turvey to thank him for speaking out. Not buying into that was Western Australian Police Commissioner Col Blanch – he says he won’t jeopardise any future court case and said “I would caution everyone in commenting directly on the motivations of this case.” A public candlelit vigil will be held tonight in Perth to coincide with Halloween – the boy’s “most favourite day of the year” – and events are planned across the country this week.
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