Police praise those who intervened in the Monday morning incident in Dampier
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A father has been taken into custody after bystanders intervened to allegedly prevent him drowning his child at a beach in northern Western Australia.
WA police said they were called about 6.15am on Monday about the alleged attempted drowning at the Dampier foreshore.
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