About 40 people were fighting in Wadeye on Monday evening, and a man was shot in the arm with an arrow from a compound bow, but no arrests have been made in the community, NT Police said.

Acting Commander Brendan Muldoon said in a statement that about 6pm Monday police were told up to 40 people were fighting with weapons and a 35-year-old man was shot in the arm with an arrow, which police believe was fired from a compound bow.

The group dispersed on police arrival and no arrests have been made, Comdr Muldoon said.

“Local police are investigating the incident and the injured man is expected to be conveyed out of the community for treatment,” he said.

“Highly visible proactive police patrols are currently occurring throughout the community to prevent further offending and to obtain information around the recent disturbance.

Comdr Muldoon gave no indication if police were looking to arrest anyone outside of the compound bow shooting.

Fighting in Wadeye last year caused much destruction to housing, and saw one man killed.

In Budget Estimates in late June last year it was revealed 545 people in Wadeye had been displaced by the violence with damage understood to involve more than 120 homes in the community, with an estimated total repair bill of $5 million, after ongoing fighting in the community.

Labor Senator Malarndirri McCarthy visited Wadeye in early May last year, calling what she saw a “humanitarian situation”.

On May 20 the NT Independent reported that sources had said more than 400 people were still displaced, with hundreds living in tents on the edge of town too scared to buy food, the school had been closed after a teacher was assaulted, a man was speared in the leg and the Health Clinic attacked, children were walking around with homemade tomahawks, a worker’s camp was ram-raided, and at least 45 houses had been left unliveable due to damage from riots and ongoing violence, none of which had been made public by the NT government or NT Police.