Three children who allegedly car-jacked a vehicle by threatening a couple with a knife, then robbed a service station with a knife, reported to police that they had the car forcibly stolen from them later in the night by another group of youths, NT Police said.

Detective Senior Sergeant Dale Motter-Barnard said in a statement that three youths, armed with knives, threatened a man and a woman sitting in a Silver Mazda 3 in a carpark on Gsell Street, Wanguri at an unspecified time on Friday night.

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