‘Tragic on many levels’: Queensland ambulance service apologises after death of Indigenous man

Noomba, 39, died in 2018 after being detained outside his Townsville home by police with paramedics in attendance

The Queensland ambulance service has apologised for the treatment provided to an Indigenous man who died after being detained by police, acknowledging “our performance fell below our own high standards”.

The man, known as Noomba, died in Townsville in 2018. Police had been trying to detain him for a mental health assessment after his partner called them concerned he was suicidal.

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