Australian Capital Territory (ACT) This article is more than 1 month oldWoman found dead at National zoo in Canberra after alleged stabbing
This article is more than 1 month oldA 29-year-old man has been arrested and taken to hospital under police guard after the body of a woman was found in a storeroom at the zoo
A man is under police guard in hospital after the alleged fatal stabbing of a 29-year-old woman at the National zoo in Canberra. The body of the woman was found in a storeroom at a commercial kitchen at the venue. Police allege both worked at the zoo.
Emergency services were called to the National zoo and Aquarium in central Canberra about 12.50pm on Monday after receiving reports of a disturbance.
When ACT Policing officers arrived, they found a woman dead in a commercial kitchen.
A 29-year-old man has been arrested and taken to hospital under police guard as a person of interest.
The zoo has now been closed, though police do not believe there is an ongoing threat to the public.
The acting leader of the opposition and shadow minister for women, Sussan Ley, issued a statement after the alleged fatal stabbing.
Ley said as a woman, she was “angry” and “shattered”, calling violence against woman a “national crisis”.
“A young woman has been stabbed to death in our nation’s capital,” she said.
“This is yet another horrific tragedy which appears to have happened in a workplace.
As a woman I am angry, and I am shattered. This is a national crisis. We must stop this violence.”
No charges have been laid over the incident.
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