Two feuding families wielding axes and other weapons have clashed on a suburban street, leaving residents fearing for their lives.
Single mum Afrodite Larentzou said she felt imprisoned in her own home after tensions erupted outside her home in the Darwin suburb of Moil last Friday.
Video shows more than a dozen Indigenous men and women clashing, some wielding tomahawks and makeshift weapons, while others hurled abuse.
Ms Larentzou claimed at least two men were on top of another with an axe against his neck before she began filming the melee.
She later shared the footage online in a desperate plea to Northern Territory Chief Minister Natasha Fyles to crackdown on crime and anti-social behaviour.
Her ordeal comes amid reports the NT government has ordered Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker to resign.
Families in the Darwin suburb of Moil say they’re too scared to leave their home due to escalating violence. Pictured is the latest incident last Friday
Ms Larentzou’s confronting video begins with several men running up the street being chased by a larger group, including women.
One weapon can be seen flying through the air, narrowing missing the men armed with tomahawks, as they duck for cover.
The feuding groups can be heard loudly screaming at each other for several minutes, despite desperate attempts by others to calm the situation.
An older man can be standing helplessly nearby as several try to intervene by holding back several of the feuding members from attacking each other.
The warring groups eventually turned on Ms Larentzou when they spotted her filming the altercation from her balcony.
‘You f****** sl*t,’ one said.
Another added: ‘This is our land’.
Ms Larentzou can be heard calling out that she has phoned the police as the groups storm off in opposite directions while still yelling at one another.
Men wielding tomahawk axes ducked for cover as other weapons were hurled at them
She also claims she was abused and assaulted by an associate of one of the feuding groups the next day.
Ms Larentzou was surprised no one was killed and is now too scared to take her children to the local parks, where the groups reportedly call dwell.
She said crime and anti-social behaviour has escalated in the neighbourhood in the last two months to the point business owners close at 5pm.
‘It’s only got worse. I’ve been here six years, I’ve never seen this before, this is really scary,’ Ms Larentzou told The Australian.
‘They own this place, they do whatever they want, the really scary thing is that they have no fear about anything.’
She rejected the NT’s Acting Deputy Police Commissioner’s recent claims crime levels have dropped in Darwin.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Northern Territory Police for comment on the latest incidents in Moil.
Single mum Afrodite Larentzou (pictured) filmed the terrifying scenes outside her home
Once regarded as a popular and thriving suburb, Moil has seen a dramatic drop in property values due to escalating crime in the area, the Darwin Times reported.
It follows another night of terror across Darwin on Saturday with a spate of car jackings, break-ins and ram raids reported.
Police have deployed additional officers in the Darwin region after five reported incidents across the city between 10.30pm Saturday and 5am Sunday.
Three fuel stations, a licensed premises and two other businesses were among those targeted.
‘This is quite disgusting and selfish behaviour, by the individuals committing these crimes,’ Police Commander Daniel Bacon said.
‘The behaviour of these particular individuals is not only putting their own lives at risk, but also the lives of other road users across the Northern Territory as well.’
There are growing calls for Northern Territory Chief Minister Natasha Fyles (pictured) to crack down on anti-social behaviour and crime
It’s understood Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker has taken indefinite leave and is not expected to return to his position after he was urged by the NT government last Friday to resign.
The latest incidents come after bottle shop attendant Declan Laverty was allegedly stabbed to death a fortnight ago at the BWS where he worked, prompting more calls for action to tackle crime in the Top End.
