Stab attack with scissors

A WOMAN has been repeatedly stabbed with a pair of scissors in a serious assault in Alice Springs.

The 28-year-old was walking with a friend near the North Stuart Highway on Saturday night when she was attacked by a man who got out of a car.

The woman remains in the Alice Springs Hospital in a stable condition while her alleged attacker was arrested and charged with causing serious harm, aggravated assault and other offences and was due to appear in court yesterday.