Young woman is found dead in Sydney’s eastern suburbs - with a man arrested at the scene

A young woman has been found dead in a Sydney unit, with a man arrested at the scene.

A young woman has been found dead in a unit, with an older man who was wanted by police arrested at the scene.

The 19-year-old’s body was found in a unit on North Bondi, in Sydney’s inner-east, at 9.20am on Tuesday after a call was made to emergency services.

A 32-year-old man, who was wanted on an outstanding warrant for drug offences, before he was taken to Waverley Police Station for questioning.

He is understood to be the woman’s partner. He has not been charged and is assisting police with their investigation.

The Daily Telegraph reported police sources saying the teenager had a black eye which her partner claimed she had sustained in a bathroom fall.

Students at Rose Bay Secondary College were returning for their first day back at school when police and paramedics rushed to a unit on Hardy Street.

Police are investigating the incident and will conduct a post-mortem.

Police are investigating after a young woman was found dead in a unit in Hardy Street, North Bondi. Picture: NCA Newswire

A 32-year-old man, who was wanted on an outstanding warrant, was arrested at the home. Picture: NCA Newswire

Police are investigating the incident and will conduct a post-mortem. Picture: NCA Newswire

The block of units on Hardy Street, North Bondi. Picture: Google Maps

Anger mounts over deaths

The young woman’s death comes after thousands of people gathered across the country over the weekend to rally against gender-based violence.

Demonstrators arrive at the No More! National Rally Against Violence march at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

People from all gender identities, ages and backgrounds stood side by as they demonstrated that they were fed up with women losing their lives to gender based violence in Australia.

“Women safety is everyone’s responsibility” read a sign that one man held up, while another man had a high visibility shirt that read “Five, six, seven, eight no more violence, no more hate. Two, four, six, eight, no more violence no more hate.”

Other signs read “call out your mates” and “real mates call their mates in”.

Rallies kicked off in Newcastle and Ballarat on Friday night with thousands in attendance and taking to the streets.

“We say no to domestic violence” and “one, two, three, four, we won’t take it anymore. Five, six, seven, eight, no more violence, no more hate” were some of the chants echoed across the crowd as they attempted to get their message across to government officials.

One person held up a sign that read “we just want to get home safe” while another read “I’m so f*****g fed up”.

— more to come