{"id":792805,"date":"2026-07-11T04:34:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T04:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/792805\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T04:34:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T04:34:17","slug":"wa-police-arrest-two-men-after-mans-body-found-on-south-terrace-fremantle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/792805\/","title":{"rendered":"WA Police arrest two men after man&#8217;s body found on South Terrace, Fremantle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Two men have been arrested following the death of a man who was found unresponsive near Fremantle&#8217;s nightlife precinct overnight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police say the man in his 60s was found on South Terrace, near Douglas Street, shortly after 2am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The grisly discovery was made just a few hundred metres away from Fremantle&#8217;s renowned cafe and entertainment strip.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The bustling port city is located around 25 kilometres south-west of the Perth CBD.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Locals and tourists enjoy the sunshine as they dine along the 'capuccino strip' in Fremantle\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bce071e80a2d85b29b4c5811808c9027.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">The man&#8217;s body was found near Fremantle&#8217;s renowned cappuccino strip on South Terrace. (Giulio Saggin, file photo: ABC News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The man was taken to Fiona Stanley Hospital, but he could not be saved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Two men, both aged in their twenties, were arrested at the scene and are assisting police with their enquiries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police cordoned off South Terrace between Price Street and South Street as homicide detectives combed the area for clues.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Police tape in the foreground of the photo with houses in the background\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/10bc00ccbb9d7b1a507614d3d229fbea.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Police blocked off South Terrace between Price Street and South Street on Saturday.\u00a0 (ABC News: Andrew Hanlon)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The area where the man was found was strewn with rubbish, including blue latex gloves on Saturday morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Nearby residents told the ABC they did not hear anything out of the ordinary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Any witnesses are asked to contact Crime Stoppers and reports can be made anonymously.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fremantle death crime scene\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3cd289377fd3dfd44912b5a680e4b519.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Police cordoned off the area on Saturday morning as they investigated the death.\u00a0 (ABC News)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two men have been arrested following the death of a man who was found unresponsive near Fremantle&#8217;s nightlife&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":792806,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,373222,373223,44,17174,17173,86,45],"class_list":["post-792805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-man-dies-in-fremantle","tag-men-arrested-over-death","tag-news","tag-news-perth","tag-news-wa","tag-perth-news","tag-wa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=792805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/792806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}