A man has been charged after allegedly hitting his female partner in the face before repeatedly stabbing her with a pair of scissors in her head, body and both arms, NT Police said.

Tennant Creek Superintendent Mick Fields said police allege that about midnight on 12 September, the 33-year-old Elliott man hit his female partner, who is in her 20s, in the face before repeatedly stabbing her with a pair of scissors in her head, body and both arms.

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