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'They can't stop': Wadeye elders try to end violent feud

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Police and elders in the remote Northern Territory community of Wadeye say they fear someone will be killed if large groups of armed people fighting are not stopped.

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Headline as published: 'They can't stop': Wadeye elders desperately try to end violent feud

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