NT Police have charged three people in total after a “disturbance” in a Tennant Creek town camp on Wednesday night, where they allege two people assaulted officers, including hitting one with a folded gazebo, after officers tasered a man who approached them with a knife.

Police media manager Rob Cross said in a statement said officers were responding to reports of a “disturbance” but when they arrived at the town camp about 9.15pm, they were allegedly approached by a 19-year-old man armed with a knife.

“The man ignored police directions to drop the weapon and continued to approach police, when he was tasered by attending officers,” Mr Cross said.

He said while police were arresting him, a 38-year-old man allegedly ran at an officer, attempted to kick her to the head, before assaulting her with a folded gazebo.

Officers retreated to the car but they were surrounded by people who threw rocks at the car, shattering the passenger side window, cutting the officers’s faces, Mr Cross said.

The officers were treated at Tennant Creek Hospital.

Mr Cross said a 19-year-old man was charged with assaulting police, processing a controlled weapon at night, and engaging in violent conduct.

While another 19-year-old man was charged with engaging in violent conduct, and being armed with an offensive weapon at night, he said.

Mr Cross said the 38-year-old man was charged with two counts of assaulting police, being armed with an offensive weapon at night, and engaging in violent conduct

Another 17-year-old boy was arrested and later released to be summonsed at a later date for engaging in violent conduct, Mr Cross said.