A man was stabbed in the chest in Hermannsburg over the weekend, allegedly by his partner, NT Police said.


A man was stabbed in the chest in Hermannsburg over the weekend, allegedly by his partner, NT Police said.

A new road safety plan for the NT will see more officers patrolling Territory roads over the next six weeks to stem the surging road toll.

An eight-year-old child and his mother had a machete held to their throats in an Alice Springs home invasion last weekend, while a 75-year-old woman woke up to find three men in her bedroom, one armed with a machete, with the details of the crimes suppressed by the NT Police, sources have told the NT Independent.

Police are looking for witnesses after a pedestrian was hit by a car in Berrimah on Wednesday night and taken to Royal Darwin Hospital in a critical condition, NT Police said.

A 36-year-old woman who was allegedly struck in the head by her former partner in a domestic violence incident in Katherine on July 11, has died in hospital as a result of her injuries, NT Police said.

A 63-year-old man who confronted a group of five females who were damaging a vacant property in Karama, was sent to the hospital with head injuries after allegedly being bashed the group, the NT Police said.

NT Police have used fingerprints to identify people they believe were involved in a string of burglaries in Katherine overnight, that included hitting the same house twice and assaulting a resident, and are calling for anyone with information to come forward.

A woman was sexually assaulted in the main street of Katherine in the early house of Sunday morning by two men, with one of the alleged offenders having been arrested, NT Police said.

Three males broke into a house in Alice Springs with unspecified weapons around midnight, and stole a car after confronting the owner, NT Police said.

Three males armed with an ‘edged weapon’ broke into an Alice Springs house at night, and confronted the occupant, before stealing from them, NT Police said.

Three people have been killed in a road crash at Hayes Creek, NT Police said.

A 79-year-old man was assaulted by a group of five male youths during a home invasion in Tennant Creek, with the offenders still on the run, NT Police said.