Woman speared in head airlifted to hospital as NT police search for alleged attacker

The 18-year-old is in a serious but stable condition at Royal Darwin hospitalFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA woman with a spear embedded in her head has been airlifted to hospital from a remote Northern Territory community, with police searching for her 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.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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