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Man dies as police tasering fails to stop injuries

By AAP Newswire

Aug 15, 2025

NT Police — Police officers were trying to execute a search warrant when a man died in custody near Darwin. -AAP Image

A man has died in police custody despite officers tasering him in an attempt to stop him self-harming.

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Northern Territory Police officers attached to the Joint Anti-Child Exploitation Team executed a search warrant about 7am on Friday at the 62-year-old man's home south of Darwin.

About an hour later police deployed a taser in an attempt to prevent the man harming himself.

An officer injured a hand trying to disarm the man, NT Police said.

The man's wife was present.

Officers provided first aid and paramedics treated the man but he died at the scene.

A crime scene has been declared and the street closed.

Investigations continue and the incident is being treated as a death in custody.

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