Long-standing tensions between feuding family groups reached crisis point in the Northern Territory's remote west in early 2022. The response of two police officers has now been recognised.
abc.net.au/news/nt-police-win-national-bravery-award-for-wadeye-riot-response/102864654As the blistering heat of the Northern Territory's remote west started to fizzle one evening in May 2022, chaos erupted., a community 400 kilometres south-west of Darwin.And on this May evening, a man had been shot through the leg with a crossbow arrow.
Constables Bradley and Larsen were last week jointly awarded the National Police Bravery Award for their response that evening."It was obviously overwhelming because I hadn't experienced anything like that before — it was just intense," Constable Bradley told the ABC. All four officers then attempted to transport him to the local medical clinic, but upon arrival, they were attacked.Projectiles, including rocks and spears, were hurled in the direction of police and the injured man, as they attempted to shelter.
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