Woman speared in head airlifted to hospital as NT police search for alleged attacker
On Sunday police received a report alleging that an 18-year-old woman had been stabbed in the head by a male known to her at Angurugu on the west coast of Groote Eylandt, an island in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
'Police and local clinic staff attended and located the victim conscious, with the spear still embedded,' police said in a statement.
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The woman was airlifted to Royal Darwin hospital in a serious but stable condition.
Police have appealed to the public for information on the domestic violence incident, with the alleged offender still not located.
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