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7 September 2026

Boy, 14, speared in back amid escalating tensions in outback NT town

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Boy, 14, speared in back amid escalating tensions in outback NT town

A 14-year-old boy has been speared in the back amid what police say were escalating tensions between family groups in Ngukurr, 500 kilometres south-east of Darwin, over the weekend.

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