Northern Territory Police are calling for information about an alleged assault on a woman who took herself to Alice Springs Hospital with a serious stomach cut earlier this month.


Northern Territory Police are calling for information about an alleged assault on a woman who took herself to Alice Springs Hospital with a serious stomach cut earlier this month.

UPDATE: An 11-year-old boy was killed at the Moulden shopping centre on Tuesday after a driver drove forward instead for reversing, pinning the child to a wall, with the male driver allegedly recording an initial positive test result for having taken drugs, NT Police said.

A 17-year-old has been charged after allegedly stealing a safe from a Palmerston business by wheeling it out with two others on a trolley, before having to dump it in the rough on a golf course because of trolley traction problems, and then attempting to break into another business, NT Police said.

Youths have severely damaged a car, after they unsuccessfully tried to get into a vehicle while the owner was inside, Charles Darwin University has warned, saying that type of activity was expected to increase in the festive season.

A man has been charged over an alleged aggravated assault using an edge weapon in Katherine last week, NT Police have said.

NT Police have failed to say why they believe people charged over drug running and bootlegging were taking the goods to a remote community, or say what NT town or city they flew from interstate into, or even specify what they were all charged with.

A large brawl on the Tiwi Islands that saw up to 100 people armed with weapons ended Wednesday night with “a number of individuals” being treated for minor injuries at the local clinic, NT Police said.

A total of 15 people, mostly teens, were arrested yesterday by NT Police involving Strike Force Trident and the dog unit for a series of separate property offices including multiple stolen vehicles and ram-raids.

A male has undergone emergency surgery for “lacerations” after a group fight in Alice Springs, one of three group fights in the town on Wednesday night, Northern Territory Police have said, however the police have given no explanation about how the man received his injuries.

Police are searching for a man who allegedly indecently assaulted a woman in Parap early Monday morning after knocking her to the ground from behind before witnesses scared him off.

A 22-year-old man who allegedly broke into a Palmerston home last week and attempted to rape a child in the middle of the afternoon has been charged, NT Police said.

One person is dead and at least one other was reportedly injured in a two-vehicle crash near Batchelor around midday Sunday, NT Police said.