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Speaker 1: Joining me on the line right now is Northern Territory

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Speaker 1: Police Superintendent Daniel Shean. Good morning to you.

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Speaker 2: Good morning now, Daniel.

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Speaker 1: We understand yesterday about two point fifty five in the afternoon,

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Speaker 1: the Northern Territory Police responded to multiple calls of a

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Speaker 1: serious disturbance at Woolworth's, Darwin City. Can you talk us

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Speaker 1: through what happened?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, So what we know is about about that time,

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Speaker 2: there were three years sixteen seventeen years of age. They

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Speaker 2: were engaged in an alleged as sold against a thirty

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Speaker 2: two year old male. All those people were known to

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Speaker 2: each other male witness in Avenden. The three years ran away,

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Speaker 2: initially towards the Uniting Church and that witness continued into

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Speaker 2: all worst. Shortly afterwards, the youth returned and commensurating rocks

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Speaker 2: about the place, smashing car windows and glass windows of

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Speaker 2: the shopping center. A number of the people were also

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Speaker 2: struck by the rocks during the incident and police were called.

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Speaker 2: Upon police arrival, they did arrest a seventeen year old

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Speaker 2: youth and during the course of the a number of

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Speaker 2: victims and witnesses were identified and police are currently obtaining

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Speaker 2: more witness and victim statements. Goodness man of the number

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Speaker 2: of victims and witnesses. Yet. The seventeen year old was

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Speaker 2: released into the care of a family member yesterday, but

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Speaker 2: he will be interviewed in prosecution will be prepared in

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Speaker 2: due course. The other two years are known to us

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Speaker 2: and have been identified, and then once all the evidence

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Speaker 2: is gathered, will locate those years and we'll deal with

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Speaker 2: them according to law as well.

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Speaker 1: So, Daniel, just to go back to that initial thing

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Speaker 1: that you said right at the start. So these three youths.

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Speaker 1: Initially what happened was there was an assault against a

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Speaker 1: thirty two year old who was known to them. Is

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Speaker 1: that right, that's correct. Yeah, And then so they left,

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Speaker 1: they left the area and then came back and that

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Speaker 1: was when they were then throwing the rocks and causing

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Speaker 1: a terrible disturbance.

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Speaker 2: The information that I have is that they were disturbed

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Speaker 2: or there was some ununtervened with them committing that alleged

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Speaker 2: assault on the thirty tw year old male, and that's

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Speaker 2: what sparked them to continue or commence their tire ade

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Speaker 2: of abuse and rock throwing, which was really dangerous, appalling behavior.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it sounds that way. And from what we're sort

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Speaker 1: of seeing on social media. I know that, you know,

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Speaker 1: you can't always read too much into what you see

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Speaker 1: on social media, but gee, some of the accounts of

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Speaker 1: what people are sharing sound pretty frightening. Were other were

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Speaker 1: there other members alike? We're there are other staff members

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Speaker 1: who work at Woolley's in the CBD who were assaulted

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Speaker 1: or hurt in the incident.

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Speaker 2: So I understand that there was a checkout operator that

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Speaker 2: may have been assaulted in the process as well, unprovoked

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Speaker 2: punch that's been looked at as well in terms of

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Speaker 2: gaining statement from that person as well. So it is

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Speaker 2: you know that it's appalling the three us who were

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Speaker 2: allegedly assault of the person, and we had someone that

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Speaker 2: intervened in that process. Initially, you know, thought that everything

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Speaker 2: was good. They've run away and it's all good, but

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Speaker 2: then they returned with the tired of abuse and rock

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Speaker 2: throwing and all that sort of stuff, and that, you know,

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Speaker 2: that put a lot of people in harms way. There

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Speaker 2: was safety of innocent people were put at risk. And

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Speaker 2: for that reason, we'll deal with these years according for

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Speaker 2: the law, and we won't tolerate that sort of behavior.

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Speaker 1: No, absolutely, I think it's terrible behavior, and you know

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Speaker 1: at a time of day where it's not unusual for

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Speaker 1: people to be there with their young families.

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Speaker 2: Correct, absolutely, Daniel.

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Speaker 1: How many victims are there? I understand that earlier it

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Speaker 1: was reported by police that there were eight victims. Is

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Speaker 1: that number growing or is that still the case?

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Speaker 2: No, that's correct. So there's eight people victims in two

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Speaker 2: like the Crown in terms of the disorderly behavior, engage

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Speaker 2: in violent conduct events, and then there's a willworth or

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Speaker 2: the building itself in terms of the smash windows and

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Speaker 2: that sort of thing. So you know, we're asking if

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Speaker 2: anyone witnessed the incident, all were a victim of the incident,

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Speaker 2: and they have not yet been spoken to by police,

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Speaker 2: if they can call us someone through one triple four.

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Speaker 2: If people want to provide information but don't really want

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Speaker 2: to leave a name and address at the stage, they

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Speaker 2: can also call crime Stoppers on one eight hundred, trouple

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Speaker 2: three troubles zero.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and no doubt there'll be plenty of people listening

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Speaker 1: who do probably have a bit of info that they

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Speaker 1: could get to you guys, and hopefully it helps in

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Speaker 1: terms of building that case. Just to go back to

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Speaker 1: those eight victims. Those eight people who were victims, are

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Speaker 1: they people who were assaulted or are they people who've

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Speaker 1: maybe you know, whose vehicles were damaged or their property

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Speaker 1: was damaged, Katie, Both.

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Speaker 2: So we've had people that received injury from the rocks

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Speaker 2: being thrown, and then we've had vehicle windows as well.

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Speaker 1: So both well, Daniel, when we talk about those rocks

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Speaker 1: being thrown, were they being thrown from outside Willworths or

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Speaker 1: did these young people then actually go inside the shopping

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Speaker 1: center and throw rocks in there as well.

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Speaker 2: I can't answer that question. I don't know. My understanding

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Speaker 2: is from what I've been told, is that all rocks

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Speaker 2: are thrown and from outside the building at the building,

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Speaker 2: and that cars outside. I'm not aware of any rocks

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Speaker 2: being thrown inside the building.

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Speaker 1: Okay, do we have any idea of, you know, with

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Speaker 1: the victims, with those that were assaulted, whether they're okay

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Speaker 1: or whether those injuries were you know, what type of

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Speaker 1: injuries they had.

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Speaker 2: I'm not aware of any victims being taken a possible

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Speaker 2: by ambulance in relation to this particular matter. But I'm

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Speaker 2: sure that as we progress through the evidence gathering phase

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Speaker 2: will learn more of the seriousness of the injuries that

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Speaker 2: people sustain from the having rocks thrown at them.

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Speaker 1: Well, so the main thing at this point in time

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Speaker 1: is that we really need any of those any witnesses

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Speaker 1: or any of those victims, if they've not already spoken

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Speaker 1: to the Northern Territory Police, to make sure that they

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Speaker 1: get in contact with you guys.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, thank you.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, well, Daniel she and I really appreciate your time

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Speaker 1: this morning. I know it must be a very busy day.

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Speaker 1: Thanks so much for having a chat with us.

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Speaker 2: Not a problem, real, thank you, thank you.

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Speaker 1: So that is Northern Territory Police Superintendent there, Daniel Sheen,