Two women were arrested in Alice Springs at the weekend after two separate stabbings.

In the first incident police were called to the Post Office car park around 9pm on Friday night after a report that a woman had been stabbed. It is alleged that a 37-year-old woman stabbed a 22-year-old female to the upper thigh following an altercation. The victim was taken to the Alice Springs Hospital where she remains in a stable condition.

The alleged offender was arrested and charged with assault causing serious harm. She was refused bail to appear in the Alice Springs Magistrates Court today.

In a second incident on Friday night police received a report that a man had been hit by a car on Undoolya Road. Police investigations revealed the 38-year-old man had been stabbed in both legs with a kitchen knife during an argument earlier in the night. Following the assault the man fled the Peuce Place premises and walked just over one kilometre before collapsing on the roadway in Undoolya Road and was hit by a car. He was taken to hospital where he remains in a stable condition.

Police arrested the alleged offender - a 50-year-old woman - on Saturday morning. She has been charged with unlawfully causing serious harm and being armed with an offensive weapon. She will appear in the Alice Springs Magistrates court today.


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