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The Latest Breaking News from Peppimenarti

Violence and unrest in NT town forces parents to take children out of school

Peppimenarti grapples with gang violence as residents claim police watched on as a front yard was burned

The Guardian - AU · Aug 18, 2023

Residents of NT community say they’re waiting hours for police after reporting serious crimes

Peppimenarti community reports long delays and a lack of medical services due to ongoing violence and antisocial behaviour

The Guardian - AU · May 8, 2023

‘We need help’: Northern Territory community racked by violence as residents claim government has abandoned them

Peppimenarti locals say they are living in fear without effective government support as police minister’s visit cancelled due to ‘unrest'

The Guardian - AU · May 1, 2023

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Remote Top End community of Peppimenarti lodges discrimination complaint over violence, under-policing

Residents in Peppimenarti lodge a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission, alleging that they are being denied adequate policing based on their race, after years of worsening violence including a recent death and shootings.

ABC News · Feb 20, 2023

NT Police say man, 21, and boy, 17, receiving treatment for gunshot wounds following unrest in remote Peppimenarti

Police say a 17-year-old boy has been shot in the shoulder following reported fighting involving weapons in the remote Top End community, with a 21-year-old man also injured.

ABC News · Jan 26, 2023

Family of man killed with crossbow in remote NT community preparing Human Rights Commission policing complaint

The family of a man killed with a crossbow in a remote community last month allege they're being denied adequate policing, with the lawyer representing them saying the level of police response has become a human rights issue.

ABC News · Dec 23, 2022

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Ellie flattens dozens of tents, displacing more than 30 homeless residents in Peppimenarti

Dozens of people forced to live in tents in a Northern Territory remote community for the last three years have been displaced due to the damage caused by ex-Tropical Cyclone Ellie.

ABC News · Dec 23, 2022

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Family of man killed with crossbow in remote NT community preparing Human Rights Commission policing complaint

ABC News · Oct 14, 2022

Second man charged over NT arrow death

Northern Territory police have charged a second man over the death of a 36-year-old man shot with an arrow in the remote community of Peppimenarti.

AAP · Sep 17, 2022

Northern Land Council chair says NT Police ignored warnings of unrest before Peppimenarti arrow death

The chair of the Northern Land Council says he warned NT police about escalating violence in the remote community of Peppimenarti, before this week's death.

ABC News · Sep 15, 2022

Man dies after being struck by arrow in Peppimenarti amid ongoing unrest in West Daly region

The Northern Territory's elite police response unit is responding to a death in the remote community of Peppimenarti overnight, following unrest in the region.

ABC News · Sep 14, 2022

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