A 17-year-old girl is arrested following an alleged aggravated assault on two St John Ambulance paramedics in the NT.
A 17-year-old girl has been arrested for allegedly assaulting two St John Ambulance paramedics in the Territory town of Tennant Creek in an early morning attack as they were treating a patient.She has been charged with aggravated assault and assaulting an emergency workerPolice said the paramedics, a man and a woman, had been called to an address in Tennant Creek when the incident happened around 5:00am.
"A 33-year-old female paramedic was allegedly punched from behind and a 28-year-old male paramedic was allegedly punched in the temple," police said in a statement.The victims were taken to Tennant Creek Hospital for medical treatment and biological disease testing.The 17-year-old girl has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault and two counts of assault on emergency worker, NT Police said.
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