A woman in a remote Northern Territory town was allegedly stabbed to death by a man known to her.
Police were called to a home in Jilkminggan, about 146km southeast of Katherine in the state’s north, at about 11.20pm on Thursday.
Emergency services found the 45-year-old woman with a knife wound to her back and commenced CPR.
However, she died a short time later.
‘Paramedics attempted to revive her but unfortunately she was declared deceased at 12.35am,’ Northern Watch Commander Greg Lamb said, Northern Territory News reports.
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‘A 46-year-old man has been taken into custody and is assisting police with inquiries into the matter.’
A 45-year-old woman was found with a knife wound to her back at a home in Jilkminggan (above)
The woman died at about 12.35am on Friday and a 46-year-old man, believed to be know to the woman, was taken into custody
