A man has been arrested after the body of a 17-year-old girl was found in a home in the Northern Territory.
Police were called to a home in Galiwinku on Elcho Island, located in Arnhem Land on the northern coast of Australia, on Monday morning.
Galiwin’ku, a remote Indigenous community on Elcho Island. East Arnhem Community Maps
Inside the home, they found the 17-year-old unconscious.
Police and staff from the local health clinic were at the home, but she was declared dead.
A 34-year-old man was arrested; police have not said if the man is known to the girl who was found dead in the home.
“Detectives from the Serious Crime Section [are] continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death,” Northern Territory Police said in a statement.
More to come.