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Asylum seeker harms self at NT centre

AN asylum seeker at an NT detention centre cut her stomach to avoid being transferred to Nauru, sources have told AAP.

An asylum seeker in detention has cut her own stomach to avoid being transferred to Nauru.
An asylum seeker in detention has cut her own stomach to avoid being transferred to Nauru.

AN asylum seeker in detention has cut her own stomach to avoid being transferred to Nauru.

SEVERAL sources told AAP a number of people witnessed the incident at Wickham Point detention centre, south of Darwin, late on Thursday night before a 3am charter flight to transfer detainees to Nauru and Manus Island.

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