Australian territory imposes two-week youth curfew in Alice Springs after violence

The curfew will be in force from 6pm to 6am local time for those under 18 years old in the centre of the town. - PHOTO: REUTERS

SYDNEY (Reuters): Australia's Northern Territory this week had imposed a two-week youth curfew in the tourist town of Alice Springs, a day after a mass brawl involving 150 people, many of them armed with weapons.

The curfew will be in force from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. local time for those under 18 years old in the centre of the town, which has a large population of Indigenous Australians and suffers from deep social divisions.