A 13-year-old boy and a 16-year-old boy are facing a series of charges after they allegedly spat on security guards, and a police officer, and assaulted one of the guards, NT Police said.

NT government crime marketing manager Sita Bacher said in a statement that about 1.20pm Wednesday the boys, aged 13 and 16, caused an unspecified disturbance at an un-named shopping centre on Temple Terrace, Palmerston.

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