A 17-year-old girl has been found dead inside a home in Galiwin'ku, on Elcho Island in the Northern Territory's East Arnhem Land, and a 34-year-old man has been arrested. Police are treating the death as a domestic violence incident, underscoring ongoing concerns about violence in remote Territory communities.

Officers attended the home, where the teenager was found unconscious and later declared dead. A police spokeswoman confirmed the girl and the man were known to each other. The death is the second tragedy to strike the community in recent months, following the fatal stabbing of a 27-year-old man during an alleged brawl at a local oval in February, which triggered riots, house fires and vehicles being pelted with rocks.