Police have confirmed that the body of Adam Athuhar who died after attempting to take his own life while under police custody has been sent abroad for the autopsy.
Athuhar was taken under police custody last Thursday after he held his girlfriend hostage with a knife to her neck. Police intervened to free the woman from his hold before violently tackling him to the ground.
Video footage shot by bystanders showed Police officers strike the suspect several times before he was subdued and disarmed. He was then treated at two separate hospitals before being released to police custody.
Police then reported that the suspect was found hanging in his holding cell and that he was rushed to the hospital for treatment on the 2nd of this month. Athuhar succumbed to his injuries the next day.
They said today that the suspect's body was taken abroad earlier this morning for the post-mortem to determine the cause of his death.
Police also said that the autopsy would be performed tomorrow. Police did not mention to which country the suspect's body was taken to.
