Man arrested after remote NT assault death
A man has surrendered himself to police after another man died following an assault in a remote Northern Territory community.
Officers were called to the community in central Australia on Saturday.
Two men, aged 18 and 19, were in a fight when the younger man allegedly assaulted the other with an edged weapon, police said.
The 18-year-old later surrendered himself to detectives who went to the remote community to investigate.
Police arrested the man and are questioning him.
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