Angurugu: Man arrested after woman speared in head
A man has been arrested after a woman was speared in the head at a remote island community and flown to a Darwin hospital.
Around midday on Sunday police received a report 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.
“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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Police say a 21-year-old man known to the victim was arrested on Monday in relation to the incident. Charges are expected to be laid on Tuesday.
In November 2015 two men were killed and another was seriously injured in a spear fight sparked by a family feud at Angurugu, leading to several men being charged with violence offences.
Police at the time confiscated many spears and other weapons held in the community.
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