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.


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.

Police were forced to flee from a group in Wadeye after an officer was hit in the head with a rock yesterday while officers were responding to a man being attacked with an axe, in more violence in the remote community, NT Police have said.

A 22-year-old man has been arrested over the alleged sexual assault of a child in broad daylight in Driver on Wednesday afternoon, NT Police have said.

A man was stabbed with a broken bottle in Darwin city on Thursday night, with NT Police arresting another man for the attack, the media have reported.

A man has allegedly sexually assaulted a child in broad daylight in a Palmerston suburb and is still at large, while the NT Police failed to provide the public information on the nature of the incident on Wednesday afternoon.

UPDATED: A child who was reportedly hit by a car while attempting to cross a rural road after exiting a bus in Bees Creek yesterday afternoon remains in hospital in a critical but stable condition, officials say.

The union representing the Northern Territory’s police officers says its members are “prepared to do whatever it takes”, including not working overtime, only attending to mandatory duties and claiming every hour they work, to send their message to the Fyles Government that they want a new consent agreement now.

NT Police are investigating the circumstances that led to a 12-year-old boy being hospitalised Monday afternoon, after he allegedly caused a disturbance at a northern suburbs shopping centre and was injured, which police are treating as a serious custody incident.

A 12-year-old boy has been charged for allegedly stealing a car on Saturday night, and for kicking a police officer who arrested him the next day, as well as three counts of breaching bail, NT Police have said.

A 44-year-old man who tested positive for methamphetamine was arrested after driving double the posted speed limit in a residential area around 8:45am Saturday, NT Police said, while two other vehicles were seized for engaging in an unrelated alcohol-fuelled street race over the weekend.

NT Police are looking for a Caucasian man dressed in a black shirt, shorts and shoes who they believe has information about a suspicious fire that occurred on Cavenagh Street in Darwin at 6:30am on June 26.

UPDATED: A group of youths allegedly broke into a police officer’s home in Katherine on Wednesday night and assaulted the female officer before fleeing, sources have told the NT Independent, which police did not report, with a similar incident occurring on Thursday night where a woman was assaulted by an unknown man in her home.