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One dead after WA wheatbelt town fight

Published: 06:31:29 AM, Sat 23 February 2013 UTC

One man is dead and another has been charged with murder after a fight in Western Australia's central wheatbelt.

Police say two men had started fighting in a home in Koorda, a township about 240km northeast of Perth.

A 46-year-old man, identified by police as Gavin John McMaster, died at the scene at about 1.30am (WST) on Saturday.

Police arrested a 64-year-old man and later charged him with murder.

He will appear in the Northam Magistrates Court on Monday.

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