Man arrested after woman violently assaulted in random attack on pedestrian crossing in Casuarina

A WOMAN has been violently assaulted by a man in a seemingly random attack on a pedestrian crossing in Casuarina, before the man was arrested after being caught on CCTV

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A WOMAN has been violently assaulted by a man in a seemingly random attack in Casuarina, before the man was arrested after being caught on CCTV.

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NT Police Northern Watch Commander Len Turner said the man had been arrested over the incident and was in custody.

“At 11pm police were called to report of a man assaulting a female in Casuarina,” he said.

“CCTV operators were watching the assault. What was disturbing was the assault was quite violent in nature and these parties are not known, it appears the man has stolen a mobile phone.”

Commander Turner said the assault had briefly stopped traffic, given it took place on a pedestrian crossing on Bradshaw Tce, behind Casuarina.

“While it was happening two vehicles were stopped,” he said.

“We’d like to speak to those drivers and assist us in our investigations.”

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“We’d like to speak to those drivers and assist us in our investigations.”

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Originally published as Man arrested after woman violently assaulted in random attack on pedestrian crossing in Casuarina