Update:
The final report of an independent review into the death of Reza Berati during the deadly Manus Island riots has been released.
The report found the 23-year-old Iranian detainee’s February death was caused by a Salvation Army worker striking him.
According to the final report, Mr Berati suffered “a severe brain injury”, caused by a “brutal beating”, News.com.au reports.
He was then reportedly kicked by a passing guard, before a rock was dropped on his head, an eyewitness told the former senior public servant who headed up the independent inquiry, Robert Cornall.
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison today released the final report at a media conference in Canberra. The report made 13 recommendations, all accepted by the Federal government.
Mr Morrison says the riots were the result of “increasing tensions within the centre and the transferees’ frustration and anxiety caused by anger at being brought to Papua New Guinea”, Yahoo News reports.
1. Elliot Rodger’s mental health
A 137-page document detailing the graphic and violent plans that Elliot Rodger had to kill women has been published by the LA Times. Elliot Rodger went on a shooting and stabbing spree in California that killed six people on Friday. The document, titled “My Twisted World”, written by Rodger, was sent to several people, including his parents and his therapist just before his murderous rampage. In it, he details his parents’ divorce, bullying he endured at school and his plans to take vengeance against those female students who had rejected him. Meanwhile, it has been reported that Elliot Rodger was declared ‘not a danger’ by mental health officials in April. Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said yesterday that authorities had received a tip on April 30 concerning Elliot Rodger and carried out a welfare check. “They found him to be rather shy and timid, polite, well-spoken,” Brown told CNN. “He explained to deputies that it was a misunderstanding… He was able to convince them that he was not at that point a danger to himself or anyone else.”