A nurse thought she was going to die when a gang of youths, some as young as 11, tried to carjack her at knifepoint.
Anu Chapagain, a personal care assistant at Darwin Hospital, said she thought she was going to have a “heart attack” when four boys tried to steal her car outside her Darwin City home at 6.40pm on Wednesday.
Terrifying footage of the incident shows a youth appearing to throw a projectile at the car window before Ms Chapagain steps outside and tries to join them in protest.
Later, after she has walked a few meters onto the road, a young man without shoes runs up to her and points a knife in her face, repeatedly shouting ‘give me your car right now’.
“I was thinking… what if they kill me, how will my family survive,” Ms. Chapagain said The Australian.
“I always help them, and I always help the community and I work in a hospital, there are a lot of indigenous people, I take care of them in the hospital.
Anu Chapagain (pictured), a personal care assistant at Darwin Hospital, said she thought she was going to have a “heart attack” when four boys tried to steal her car outside her Darwin City home at 6.40pm on Wednesday.
Ms Chapagain, who moved to Darwin from Nepal in 2009, told the newspaper she felt “betrayed”.
“My children, my family, my community, all Darwin people are not safe,” she said.
The gang of four youths failed to start the car as Mrs Chapagain held the key.
They fled and at 10pm that same evening they allegedly attacked a taxi driver with a ‘blunt weapon’ before stealing ‘small objects’ from the vehicle.
“The victim has since been transported to the Royal Darwin Hospital to receive treatment for his injuries,” an NT Police spokesperson said.
‘The police located and arrested two men aged 13 and 14 and two men aged 11.
‘The 13 and 14 year olds remain in custody and are expected to be charged at a later date today.
“The two 11-year-old children have been transferred to the care of a responsible adult and a referral has been made to Territory Families.”
It comes just days after a three-week curfew for young people in Alice Springs expired.
The curfew meant that children under the age of 18 were not allowed to enter the CBD area between 6pm and 6am.