A 49-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly striking another man in the head with an unspecified blunt object, directly across from the Tennant Creek Police Station, NT Police said.

Police director of communication Mark Wilton said that officers responded to the alleged aggravated assault in Paterson Street, Tennant Creek, about 8:15am Tuesday, right across the road from the police station.

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