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skissane • today at 9:03 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

> People still shoot arrows at each other in urban centres

My mother (who is a doctor, although she's retired now) was part of the medical team who worked on this case: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/arrow-attack-attempted-rape-in-...

My mother isn't mentioned in that article, but the "Allan Mason" it mentions is her husband

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defrost • today at 9:42 AM

It's ongoing in both PNG and the Northern Territory (Australia).

  Northern Territory Police are investigating a series of disturbances in Ngukurr after a 14-year-old boy was speared in the back on Saturday afternoon.
~ (Sept 2026) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-07/nt-14yo-boy-speared-i...

  Police respond to armed disturbance in Wadeye involving up to 100 people, bows, spears
~ (today) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-15/nt-100-people-in-wade...

Going back to the 1970s and 80s: Kiaps, known formally as district officers and patrol officers, were travelling representatives of the British and Australian governments

Kiap Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FK5N_ObFeQ