Zim asylum seeker in Aussie suicide shocker

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By Staff Reporter

A SUICIDAL Zimbabwean asylum seeker who slashed his wrists and throat with broken glass, has been released from an Australian hospital and returned to immigration detention.

Peter Jackson Mode, 24, was returned to South Australia's Baxter detention centre this morning.

An immigration department spokesman said Made was under medical care at Baxter, but refused to comment further, citing privacy issues.

Made used broken glass from the door of his detention cell to try to kill himself on Saturday night.

The severely depressed man was found unconscious in his cell by a fellow detainee.

Made is the fourth Baxter detainee to attempt suicide in the past fortnight, refugee advocates say.

The advocates said Made had previously attempted to hang himself.

The Immigration Department spokesman would not confirm the number of suicide attempts at Baxter.

"If the health or wellbeing of a detainee is being threatened by his or her own actions then the department, through the detention service provider, ensures that the detainee receives necessary treatment and supervision," he said -- AAP
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