Detectives from the Major Crime Unit have arrested and charged a 31-year-old male in relation to a homicide that occurred in Nightcliff at approximately 6:15 pm last night.

It is believed that an altercation occurred between the 31-year-old and the 35-year-old male victim at a residence at John Stokes Square, resulting in the victim sustaining a stab wound to the chest.

St John Ambulance members arrived on the scene shortly after, locating the male deceased.

The offender has been charged with murder and is remanded in custody to appear in the Darwin Magistrate's Court tomorrow 06 January.



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