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Man arrested after remote NT assault death

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An 18-year-old man has been arrested in a remote NT community after another man died in a fight.
Camera IconAn 18-year-old man has been arrested in a remote NT community after another man died in a fight. Credit: AAP

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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