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Katie Woolf spoke with NT Police Senior Sergeant Mark Malogorski from Serious Crime · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: And we do know that yesterday there was apparently an
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  Speaker 1: assault in the city from what I can gather, At
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  Speaker 1: about three o'clock in the afternoon, police received information that
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  Speaker 1: two people had been assaulted on Briggs Straight. Now joining
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  Speaker 1: us on the line to tell us a little bit
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  Speaker 1: more about the situation from the Northern Territory Police. I
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  Speaker 1: have got a Northern Territory Police Senior Sergeant Mark Malagorski
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  Speaker 1: from Serious Crime. Good morning to you, Mark.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, good morning Katie.
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  Speaker 1: How are you not too bad? Can you tell us
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  Speaker 1: what happened yesterday?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah? About three pm yesterday NT Police were called to
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  Speaker 2: a stabbing on brigg Street and Dalen City. A twenty
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  Speaker 2: four year old male approached to Indigenous mails aged between
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  Speaker 2: twenty seven and thirty five years old, where the offender
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  Speaker 2: stabed one of the mail to the chest with a knife.
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  Speaker 2: The second male attended to assist the victim, where he
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  Speaker 2: was then stabbed to the facial area. The offender then
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  Speaker 2: said the scene. Both victims were taking the Royal Dalen Hospital,
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  Speaker 2: where the Mail, who was stabbed to the chest, sustained
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  Speaker 2: to collapse lung. At this stage, both victims are not
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  Speaker 2: in a life threatening state. Police established a crime scene
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  Speaker 2: on brigg Street. A man hundred was conducted involving Darwin
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  Speaker 2: General Duties and detectives from the Crime Division. The male
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  Speaker 2: was arrested later on Tiger Red and Drive near with Nelly,
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  Speaker 2: where a knife was located in this possession.
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  Speaker 1: Goodness, mate, it sounds like a pretty serious situation, particularly
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  Speaker 1: at three o'clock in the afternoon.
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  Speaker 2: That's correct, yes, very serious. The male was taking the
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  Speaker 2: Palmerston Police watchhouse. He was processed, declined to speak to
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  Speaker 2: us about the matter. He was charged with causing serious harm,
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  Speaker 2: also aggravated assault and going on in public. He was
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  Speaker 2: refused bail and he will face the dawn on court today.
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  Speaker 1: Now, where's the situation out in terms of are you
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  Speaker 1: calling for witnesses and do you need people to come
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  Speaker 1: forward and let you know if they saw anything.
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  Speaker 2: We do appreciate any information from the public about this
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  Speaker 2: matter to contact nt Police on one three one f four.
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  Speaker 2: That would be greatly appreciated.
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  Speaker 1: And so, Mike, were these so they were known to
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  Speaker 1: each other? Did you say?
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  Speaker 2: That's correct? All three were known to each other. The
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  Speaker 2: attack was unprovoked. It appears alcohol was not a factor
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  Speaker 2: at this stage. The motive has not been established as
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  Speaker 2: the offender exercises right to silence.
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  Speaker 1: Goodness, mate, were there many people around in the area
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  Speaker 1: when this happened.
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  Speaker 2: There were witnesses to the matter, so it was a
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  Speaker 2: pretty serious incident. One good thing about it was it
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  Speaker 2: was an excellent response by uniform police and detectives. The
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  Speaker 2: offense there was apprehended swiftly, and we can reassure the
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  Speaker 2: public that this matter has been treated seriously and the
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  Speaker 2: offender's been refused bail.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it sounds like the police acted incredibly quickly, so
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  Speaker 1: you had to. There was a sweep to make sure
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  Speaker 1: that you found the offender. How quickly did you locate
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  Speaker 1: that offender?
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  Speaker 2: The offense happened at three pm and the offender was
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  Speaker 2: in custody just after five pm, So it was very
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  Speaker 2: swift work by nt police.
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  Speaker 1: Well done to those police officers involved. And you know,
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  Speaker 1: it just goes to show you how quickly you guys
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  Speaker 1: get things done, particularly in these really serious situations. I
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  Speaker 1: know that you did mention it before, but can you
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  Speaker 1: just tell us how those two victims are at the moment.
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  Speaker 2: They both not in a life threatening state. The mail
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  Speaker 2: stab to the chest as sustained to collapse lung. He
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  Speaker 2: is being treated as we speak. The other male received
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  Speaker 2: lesser injuries, which was very lucky. He received cuts to
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  Speaker 2: his left ear area, so very very fortunate we didn't
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  Speaker 2: have any fatalities in this matter.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I reckon well. Northern Territory Police Senior Sergeant Mark Malagorski,
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  Speaker 1: we really appreciate you having a chat with us this morning.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks so much for letting us know what's going on.
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  Speaker 2: You're welcome, Kate, thank you, thank.
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  Speaker 1: You, and have a good Christmas. Mate. We appreciate you
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  Speaker 1: being on the show with us throughout the year. Thank you,
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  Speaker 1: thank you, and well, probably a good time as well
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  Speaker 1: to say a big thank you to all of our
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  Speaker 1: Northern Territory Police who do a wonderful job each and
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  Speaker 1: every day, often in harm's way, as we've heard even
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  Speaker 1: this morning, you know, speaking about that incident in Alie Springs,
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  Speaker 1: So big thank you to our Northern Territory Police and
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  Speaker 1: all of those who work behind the scenes as well,
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  Speaker 1: and all of those frontline workers for the amazing work
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  Speaker 1: that you do in order to keep the Northern Territory
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  Speaker 1: community safe.