NT teen escapee likely badly hurt: police

POLICE say a 16-year-old who broke out of Darwin's juvenile detention centre could be badly cut from scaling barbed wire fencing.

A TEENAGED boy who escaped a Darwin juvenile detention centre is thought to be badly cut from scaling barbed wire fences and may need medical attention, police say.

THE 16-year-old broke out of the centre at about 7pm on Monday as staff were preparing for the evening lockdown and left him unsupervised.