Two feuding families carrying axes and other weapons have clashed on a suburban street, leaving residents fearing for their lives.
Single mother Afrodite Larentzou said she felt trapped in her own home after tensions erupted outside her home in Moil, a Darwin suburb, last Friday.
Video shows more than a dozen Indigenous men and women clashing, some wielding tomahawks and improvised weapons, while others take advantage.
Ms Larentzou claimed that at least two men were on top of each other with an ax to his neck before she began filming the fight.
She later shared the footage online in a desperate plea for Northern Territory Chief Minister Natasha Fyles to crack down on crime and anti-social behaviour.
Her ordeal comes amid reports that the NT government has ordered Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker to resign.
Families in Moil, a suburb of Darwin, say they are too afraid to leave their homes because of the escalating violence. Pictured is the latest incident from last Friday
“I heard screaming outside so I went to see what was going on,” she told Sky News Australia.
“I saw a group of people holding a man with an ax to his neck, so I really thought he was dead.
Mrs. Larentzou’s confrontational video begins with several men running into the street and being chased by a larger group, including women.
One weapon is seen flying through the air, getting smaller and smaller, missing the tomahawk-armed men as they take cover.
The quarreling groups can be heard shouting loudly at each other for several minutes, despite desperate efforts by others to calm the situation down.
An elderly man may stand helplessly close by as several try to intervene by stopping several of the feuding members from attacking each other.
The warring groups eventually turned on Ms. Larentzou when they saw her filming the altercation from her balcony.
“You f****** sl*t,” someone said.
Another added, “This is our land.”
Mrs. Larentzou is heard yelling that she called the police as the groups storm off in opposite directions still yelling at each other.
Afrodite Larentzou (pictured) recalls the terrifying scene in her neighborhood in Darwin
Men with tomahawk axes ducked for cover when other weapons were hurled at them
She also claims that she was abused and assaulted the next day by an associate of one of the feuding groups.
“I was sitting on the balcony and there was a man who came up to me and started yelling at me and threatening me,” Ms Larentzou said.
She was surprised that no one was killed in Friday’s incident and is now too afraid to take her children to the local parks, where the groups are said to live.
She said crime and anti-social behavior have escalated in the neighborhood over the past two months to the point that business owners close at 5 p.m.
‘It’s only gotten worse. I’ve been here for six years, I’ve never seen this before, this is really scary,” Ms Larentzou previously told The Australian.
“They own this place, they do what they want, the scary thing is that they are not afraid of anything.”
She rejected recent claims by the NT’s deputy police commissioner that crime has fallen in Darwin.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted the Northern Territory Police for comment on the latest incidents in Moil.
Single mother Afrodite Larentzou (pictured) filmed the terrifying scenes outside her home
Once considered 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 in Darwin on Saturday with a spate of carjackings, burglaries and ram raids.
Police have deployed additional officers to the Darwin region after five reported incidents in the city between 10:30pm Saturday and 5am Sunday.
Three gas stations, a licensed building and two other companies were among the targets.
“This is quite disgusting and selfish behavior by the individuals who are committing these crimes,” said Chief of Police Daniel Bacon.
“The behavior of these particular individuals endangers not only their own lives, but also the lives of other road users in the Northern Territory.”
Voices are growing for Northern Territory Chief Minister Natasha Fyles (pictured) to crack down on anti-social behavior and crime
It is understood Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker has taken an indefinite leave of absence and is not expected to return to his post after being urged to resign by the NT government last Friday.
The latest incidents come after valet Declan Laverty was allegedly stabbed to death two weeks ago at the BWS where he worked, sparking increased calls for action to tackle crime in the Top End.