Crime and Public Safety

NT Woman Hospitalised After Being Speared in the Head

Northern Territory Police said the woman’s condition has stabilised as the investigation continues.
NT Woman Hospitalised After Being Speared in the Head
Police tape is streched in Sydney, Australia, on Dec. 16, 2014. Joosep Martinson/Getty Images
Alfred Bui
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An 18-year-old woman in a remote Northern Territory community has been hospitalised after being stabbed in the head by a spear in an alleged domestic violence case.

According to Northern Territory Police (NTP), emergency services received a report about the incident at Angurugu, an Indigenous community on Groote Eylandt, at around 12 p.m. on July 20.
Alfred Bui
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