Four more charged over NT island riot

Nine people have now been charged over a violent brawl on remote Groote Eylandt, which required additional NT police and dog units to be flown in.

Four more people have been charged over a riot on remote Groote Eylandt.

Four men and a woman are already facing weapons charges over last Tuesday's brawl, which required extra police and dog units to be flown to the island off the Northern Territory's east coast.

Two men were injured in the riot and one was flown to Darwin for treatment.

On Monday, police said four men aged 17, 28, 32 and 41 had been charged with being armed with an offensive weapon, going armed in public, intending to cause serious harm with a projectile and knowingly continuing to riot.

Two of them will appear in Darwin Magistrates Court on Monday and the other two have been remanded in custody to appear at a later date.


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