Kids in school uniforms film themselves setting fires in Palmerston park

A group of youths have posted videos of themselves smashing bottles and lighting fires in a Top End park, sparking outrage on social media. WATCH THE VIDEO.

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A GROUP of youths have posted videos of themselves smashing bottles and lighting fires in a Palmerston park, sparking outrage on social media.

A Snapchat video shared to Facebook in recently shows a group of boys putting flammable objects in glass bottles, lighting the objects on fire and then throwing them to the ground to create spot fires.

Youths have posted videos of themselves lighting fire to public spaces in Palmerston. Picture: Supplied

The video, which is tagged in Rosebery, shows that some of the boys appear to be in a school uniform.

NT Police has been contacted for comment.

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