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Case of missing Tasmanian man given special attention by AFP

A TASMANIAN man who has not been seen for three years is one of eight missing people to be given special attention by the Australian Federal Police this missing person’s week.

Nazrawi Woldemichael was last seen on October 9, 2016 at a shopping centre on Hobart’s eastern shore.

Earlier in the day he had left his unit at the Trinity Hill youth supported accommodation complex in North Hobart.

He reportedly dropped his belongings in a garbage bin.

The almost-20-year-old was a talented artist and had come to Tasmania from Kenya with his family as a refugee.

Nazrawi had suffered a serious head injury in 2014 in a car accident and his family said the injury had changed him.

On September 22, 2016 his mother Hirut had invited her son to dinner. He cancelled their plans and she never heard from him again.

His brother Promise wrote a rap song about his brother’s disappearance and while it got some airplay it failed to bring forth any information about his whereabouts.

To complement the profiling element of the campaign, the National Missing Persons Coordination Centre has joined forces with media personalities and social media influencers to amplify messages during the week.

“Anyone, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity or educational background may face the issue of someone they know becoming a missing person,” AFP Commander Justine Gough said. “It is crucial we reach the wider Australian community — those who have never thought about a missing person, or who believe the impact of a missing person will never affect them.”

Anyone with information about missing people is asked to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.