17-year-old Charged With Murder, Wounding And Assault

A 17-year-old male will appear in the Youth Justice Court tomorrow charged with murder, wounding and assault in relation to an incident in the Salamanca area over the weekend.

Emergency services were called to the Morrison Street car park about 11.45pm on Saturday night, following reports of an altercation between two groups of people.

Tragically a 20-year-old man died as a result of injuries sustained in the incident, and a 23-year-old man remains in the Royal Hobart Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police investigations into the incident are ongoing, and police would like to speak to anyone who has information and hasn't already spoken to investigators.

Information can be provided to South East Criminal Investigation Branch on 131 444 or anonymously through Crime Stoppers Tasmania at crimestopperstas.com.au or on 1800 333 000 – quote OR788452.

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