The woman found dead in her northern suburbs front yard on Thursday afternoon from multiple injuries sustained by a “sharp-edged type weapon” has been identified as a local businesswoman and mother, whose young child was at home at the time of the attack.
A man who was sleeping in his Moulden front yard early Saturday morning for undisclosed reasons had his slumber abruptly interrupted when he was run over by an unknown vehicle that smashed through the fence, sending him to hospital with multiple injuries, NT Police said.
Parks Australia says it is investigating a mysterious incident that it won’t provide details of, which sparked a search and rescue operation in Kakadu National Park on Sunday, while one source has told the NT Independent the incident involved an accidental shooting during an illegal safari hunt.
Three teens who allegedly assaulted a worker and a member of the public during a “senseless and cowardly” crime spree in Palmerston on Tuesday night have been arrested by the NT Police with the help of CCTV and the dog unit, police said.
UPDATED: A man is in custody at the Royal Darwin Hospital over the alleged murder of a Leanyer woman Thursday afternoon, NT Police have said, after the woman’s husband found her dead in the front yard when he came home from work.
UPDATED: A 59-year-old male has died after being struck by a vehicle around 6pm last night on the inbound lanes of the Stuart Highway nearby Yarrawonga Road in Palmerston, NT Police said, as they review dashcam footage from the scene.
NT Police were forced to warn the public to avoid the Alice Springs CBD on Tuesday night as youths tried to ram police cars in stolen vehicles during an out-of-control crime rampage that has the community calling for the government to immediately regain control of the streets by any means necessary.
Two Territory businesses in the construction and real estate industries have fallen prey to online email scams, with both companies out more than $500,000 each, NT Police have said.
Good samaritans who restrained a 14-year-old after witnessing him allegedly assault another youth with an “edged weapon” at the Casuarina bus interchange were later assaulted by another teen with a knife, sending them to hospital, NT Police said.
Two boys aged 12 and 13 have been arrested in relation to a Friday night crime spree in Marrara where they allegedly assaulted a worker with a blunt weapon during a robbery, NT Police said.
UPDATED: NT Police are looking for witnesses who may have seen a 72-year-old woman killed after being struck by two vehicles on Thorngate Road in Holtze around 7:30pm Friday night.
Three teens have been arrested over the theft of a car from Alawa on Thursday, which police said was later being driven “towards Katherine” before being abandoned after police tried to intercept the trio.
