Irish woman in intensive care after shooting in Australia

James Cox

An Irish woman is fighting for her life after being shot in Australia.

The 38-year-old social worker from Co Mayo is in intensive care in hospital after the incident in Darwin on Tuesday.

Northern Territory police were called to a house in the Milner area of Darwin at around 6.30pm local time on Tuesday evening.

They had been called to reports of gunshots.

They found the 38-year-old Mayo woman with serious injuries to her abdomen. She was stabilised at the scene by paramedics and later underwent emergency surgery. She is now in a critical condition at the intensive care unit of the Royal Darwin Hospital.

A 35-year-old man who was known to the woman was found dead at the scene. Police believe he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound and say there is no risk to the wider public.

The woman is understood to be the mother of a young child.