NT: Two youths dead after four break into shipping container

AAP General News (Australia)
12-03-2006
NT: Two youths dead after four break into shipping container

Two teenage boys are dead .. and another two remain in hospital .. after gaining entry
to a shipping container at a meat works in a remote community .. north of Kakadu National
Park.

Police say the incident's believed to have occurred between 6pm last night and 7am
this morning (CST).

They say four Aboriginal boys gained entry to a metal shipping container used to store
drums of fuel .. apparently for the purpose of petrol sniffing.

The boys were freed from the container this morning by a member of the local community
.. but a 15-year-old and an 18-year-old were pronounced dead .. shortly after arrival
at the Oenpelli Health Clinic.

The other two have been flown to Royal Darwin Hospital .. where one is in a critical
condition and the other stable.

AAP RTV njl/wf

KEYWORD: CONTAINER (DARWIN)

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