00:02Early on Sunday morning a woman was allegedly dragged from her Jeep in her own driveway
00:08as she was getting ready for work.
00:10They've then allegedly stolen the car and left the victim with bruising on her arm.
00:16It's one of six cars the police say have been stolen from this town of only about 10,000 people
00:22in the last week.
00:23Now there's been a lot of chatter on community Facebook groups about a car stealing competition between rival groups.
00:32It's something that Northern Territory Police addressed in a press conference today.
00:38Yeah I don't know whether it's a car stealing competition but there's certainly two groups of youths running around down
00:45there that are egging each other on.
00:47It's a situation where you know we can outdo you type thing.
00:53They're quite young. I mean we're talking sort of between 11 and 14 I would suggest.
00:58It's all driven through social media.
01:01There have been several arrests so far and police say they have identified persons of interest over the alleged carjacking.
01:09But it's been another tense weekend here in Catherine in a town that's already had more than its share of
01:16death and carnage from stolen cars this year.
01:20alo.
