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Assistant Commissioner Martin Dole says a 67 year-old-man has suffered a serious head injury after being assaulted in Alice Springs · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Pretty disturbing news, of course, from overnight, we know that
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  Speaker 1: it is indeed being reported that an elderly man is
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  Speaker 1: fighting for his life after suffering severe head injuries in
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  Speaker 1: an alleged assault in Alice Springs. Now joining me on
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  Speaker 1: the line right now is the Assistant Commissioner in Alice Springs,
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  Speaker 1: Martin Dole. Good morning to your assistant commissioner. Good morning, Katie,
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  Speaker 1: Thanks so much for your time this morning. Talk us
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  Speaker 1: through what happened last night.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Katie, So about half past nine last night, police
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  Speaker 2: Communications in daw And received a call in relation to
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  Speaker 2: a male that had been assaulted on Gap Road. The
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  Speaker 2: call was in relation to requesting an ambulance. So Saint
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  Speaker 2: John's attended at that incident and they located a male
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  Speaker 2: and a female there and the male had suffered a
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  Speaker 2: severe head injury. They took him to hospital and later
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  Speaker 2: we advised that that injury was significantly serious and that
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  Speaker 2: there was some concerns for that male. So we went
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  Speaker 2: and established a crime and we've got detectives working on
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  Speaker 2: that currently.
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  Speaker 1: Martin. Do we have any idea of how old this
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  Speaker 1: gentleman was.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, Katie, so it's a sixty seven year old Indigenous
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  Speaker 2: male and currently he's recorded as being stable with suspected
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  Speaker 2: injuries of bleeding on the brain, a fractured skull, and
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  Speaker 2: there's some discussion that he may be medivactor adelaide this today.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, that is horrendous. Do we have any idea what's
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  Speaker 1: going on?
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  Speaker 2: So we don't, Katie. This is very early in the investigation.
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  Speaker 2: As I said, we were called at the request for
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  Speaker 2: an ambulance. We weren't called for a disturbance of fighting.
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  Speaker 2: Saint John's attended and conveyed that mail to hospital and
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  Speaker 2: we later found out that the injuries are a result
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  Speaker 2: of what appears to be a very serious assault. So
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  Speaker 2: we've got crime taken carriage of that and they're conducting
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  Speaker 2: investigations as we speak to try and identify exactly what happened.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, Martin, talk us through exactly where it
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  Speaker 1: happened and what time of the day.
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  Speaker 2: So this was reported to us at nine thirty five
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  Speaker 2: last night and it was on Gap Road in the
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  Speaker 2: vicinity of Jiho Restaurant, which is very near the ABC studios.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, and from your perspective, now, from a police perspective,
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  Speaker 1: what are the next steps in this investigation, so.
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  Speaker 2: We've got detectives, a team of detectives working on that
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  Speaker 2: this morning. Obviously, we always call for assistance from the public.
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  Speaker 2: If anybody witnessed any incidents in that area yesterday evening.
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  Speaker 2: It doesn't have to be at nine thirty five, it
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  Speaker 2: could be in the hours before that, any unusual behavior
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  Speaker 2: or fighting. If anyone is aware of CCTV in that
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  Speaker 2: area or driving past and saw anybody being assaulted, we'd
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  Speaker 2: urge them to contact police and let us know what
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  Speaker 2: you saw.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, look, I know that we do have a lot
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  Speaker 1: of people that listened to the show down in Alas Springs.
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  Speaker 1: Assistant Commissioner. What you said there with that bleeding on
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  Speaker 1: the brain and also a fractured skull, I believe you said.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it must be pretty concerning to you to
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  Speaker 1: see an assault which seems to be of such a
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  Speaker 1: severe nature.
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  Speaker 2: O Katie, absolutely concerning a horrific description of injuries. Any
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  Speaker 2: assaults on people are just not shouldn't be tolerated, and
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  Speaker 2: this type of violent behavior shouldn't be tolerated, not in
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  Speaker 2: our springs, not anywhere in the Northern Territory.
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  Speaker 1: And do we have any idea at this point in time.
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  Speaker 1: I know it's still early days, as you've said, but
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  Speaker 1: any idea at this point in time as to whether
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  Speaker 1: you know the victim was known to those who have
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  Speaker 1: you know, who have assaulted him.
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  Speaker 2: Look, Katie, I just don't have that information. I'm really
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  Speaker 2: not sure that we're we're aware of where exactly that
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  Speaker 2: assoul of code or who was involved. So I don't
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  Speaker 2: have those details to be able to give you this morning.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. No, we appreciate your time. I know it's on
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  Speaker 1: very short notice and you know, with limited detail at
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  Speaker 1: this point with that investigation very much underway. So Assistant
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  Speaker 1: Commissioner Martin Dole, we appreciate your time. Thank you very
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  Speaker 1: much for having a quick chat with us.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks, Katie, I'm happy to talk to you at any
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  Speaker 2: stage about Alice Springs from what's going on in the
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  Speaker 2: region down here.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, we'd be keen to catch up at another point
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  Speaker 1: if we can about you know, some of the other
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  Speaker 1: issues that have occurred, but we we might we might
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  Speaker 1: leave it for another day, if that's all right, Assistant Commissioner.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, Katie. Thank you talk about the workout police are.
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  Speaker 1: Doing so thank you wonderful. Thank you very much.