Australia: Aboriginal teen dies by suicide in Perth youth prison

It is the second death of an Aboriginal boy in Western Australia in under a year.

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The 17-year-old had spent only two days in custody before he was found unresponsive in his cell on Thursday and could not be revived, state authorities say.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are the most incarcerated people on the planet and as a result are far more likely to die in custody than non-Indigenous Australians.

Deaths in juvenile detention centres are rare, though this is the second in the state in under a year.

"This is a horrible, horrible event," WA premier Roger Cook said when announcing an investigation on Friday morning.

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