Youths and adults allegedly destroy entrance to one of Palmerston’s main shopping centres

ONE of Palmerston’s main shopping centres has been trashed in a relentless rampage of violence

ONE of Palmerston’s main shopping centres was trashed in a relentless rampage of violence on Saturday night.

At about 8.30pm a mix of seven youths and adults were filmed smashing and kicking in the glass doors at the Coles entrance of the Palmerston Shopping Centre.

The offenders were captured on mobile phone footage swinging bins at the doors, driving trolleys into the glass and then tossing the trolleys through the broken doors.

The boarded-up front entrance to the Palmerston Shopping Centre on Sunday after the mayhem of violence on Saturday night

Pieces of glass were thrown at several security guards and two youths were shown beating the doors with a piece of metal.

One security guard was allegedly assaulted by a female offender.

NT Police arrested six of the seven suspectss, three of whom were aged 12, 13 and 17. The three youngest were released for youth diversion.

The three adults aged 18, 20 and 31 were charged with property damage, disorderly behaviour in public, assault, participating in a riot and being armed with an offensive weapon.