A 35-year-old man has died after being stabbed in the chest in a remote community in the Northern Territory.
Emergency services were alerted to an aggravated assault at a home in Laramba, a town with a population of around 275 people 205km north-west of Alice Springs, at 4.40am today.
They found the man seriously injured and rushed him to a clinic for treatment, but he died.
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Officers from neighbouring towns and Alice Springs have travelled to Laramba and set up a crime scene.
Detectives from the major crime unit are also on their way.
Investigations are ongoing.
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