A 22-year-old Indian, arrested for allegedly murdering two compatriots after a dispute over money in the western Australian city of Perth, was produced in a court today and remanded in custody.
The suspect, accused of attacking two Indian brothers - Navdeep Singh (22) and Kanwaljit Singh (20) - in Morley area on Friday, did not apply for the bail when he appeared in the East Perth Magistrates Court, ABC reported.
He has been remanded in custody and will face court again later this month, it said.
Police said all the Indians involved in the incident were in Australia on student visas. They had an argument over money and living arrangements.
The suspect, charged with two counts of murder, was taken to the Western Australia Police detective headquarters in Beaufort Street, Perth, where he was interviewed by Major Crime Squad detectives last night. He was not identified.
Detective Inspector David Bryson, from the Major Crime Squad, said one of the victims, the older brother, staggered to the nearby St John Ambulance depot seeking medical help after being attacked and also alerted paramedics to his injured sibling.
“Police responded and found a deceased male (his younger brother) on the roadway,” he said.
“The person who initially went to St John’s (ambulance depot) was transferred to Royal Perth Hospital. He subsequently died,” Bryson was quoted as saying by local media.
