A 30-year-old man was arrested Sunday morning with an “edged weapon” in his possession after he allegedly approached a woman heading to her car in an underground car park at a Palmerston shopping centre before assaulting her while trying to take her car, NT Police said.

The alleged offender, who was not known to the woman, approached the victim from behind and “took hold of her as he demanded the vehicle keys”, police said.

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