Frightening CCTV: How our suburban backyards have turned into a war zone

IT looks like a scene from a foreign war zone. But these hooded, masked marauders brandishing makeshift weapons and clubs are not in an overseas conflict region. They were caught on CCTV right here in a suburban Darwin backyard

‘Like a scene out of a war zone’ ... six youths have been caught on camera wandering around a suburban backyard armed with makeshift weapons in the dead of night. Photo: Facebook

SIX youths have been caught on camera wandering around a suburban backyard armed with makeshift weapons in the dead of night.

The frightening scene was captured on one resident’s CCTV security system on Monday morning at 3.05am at a home at Marlow Lagoon.

Several masked youths have been caught on a CCTV security system wandering around a suburban Marlow Lagoon backyard armed with makeshift weapons in the dead of night. Photo: Facebook

The youths are all brandishing weapons and have hidden their faces in a clear attempt to conceal their identities.

Kelly posted the images to Facebook and said the youths also attempted to break into her shed.

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The post has already received extensive attention on social media with more than 300 shares and 370 comments.

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