Darwin carjacking: Nurse is set upon by knife-wielding gang of youths as kids as young as ELEVEN try to steal her car

A nurse thought she was going to die when a gang of youths, some as young as 11, attempted to carjack her at knifepoint.

Anu Chapagain, a personal care assistant at Darwin Hospital, said she thought she was going to have a 'heart attack' when four boys tried to steal her car outside her home in Darwin City at 6.40pm on Wednesday.

Terrifying footage of the incident shows one youth appear to throw a projectile at the car window before Ms Chapagain steps outside and tries to remonstrate with them.

Later, when she has walked several metres up the road a shoeless youth runs up to her and points a knife in her face, repeatedly shouting 'give me your car right now'.

'I was thinking … what if they kill me, how is my family going to survive,' Ms Chapagain told The Australian.

'I always help them, and I’m always helping the community and I’m working in a hospital, lots of Indigenous people are there, I’m caring for them in the hospital.

Ms Chapagain, who moved to Darwin from Nepal in 2009, told the paper she felt 'betrayed'.

'My children, my family, my community, all Darwin people are not safe,' she said. 

The gang of four youths failed to start the car because Ms Chapagain kept hold of the key.

They fled and at 10.pm that same evening they allegedly assaulted a taxi driver with a 'blunt weapon' before stealing 'small items' from the vehicle.

'The victim has since been transported to Royal Darwin Hospital to receive treatment for their injuries,' a spokesperson for the NT Police said. 

'Police located and arrested two males aged 13 and 14 and two males aged 11.

'The 13 and 14-year-old remain in custody and are expected to be charged at a later time today.

'The two 11-year-old’s were conveyed into the care of a responsible adult and a referral has been made to Territory Families.'

It comes just days after a three-week youth curfew in Alice Springs expired. 

The curfew meant that children under the age of 18 were not allowed to enter the CBD area between 6pm and 6am.