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The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) has evacuated a 13-year-old girl with stab wounds in East Timor.
The helicopter detachment in Dili the capital of the fledgling nation was called out about 2.30am on Sunday to the town of Suai, on the southern coast of East Timor.
Medical teams stabilised the girl before she was airlifted to the Australian-administered Aspen Hospital in Dili where she is in a stable condition.
East Timor borders Indonesia.
- NZPA
