Staff at the Alice Springs Hospital were allegedly assaulted with “blunt weapons” early Saturday morning by three people who also smashed up the emergency department’s entry doors before fleeing the scene, NT Police said.

The incident occurred around 3:20am, when police said they received a report that three people, aged 15, 17 and 23, were causing “significant damage” to the entry doors as well as vehicles in the hospital’s car park.

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