Shocking moment armed police aim their guns at surrendering prisoners following a riot at troubled youth detention centre
- Shocking footage has emerged from Australia's Don Dale youth detention centre
- CCTV images show heavily armed police aiming guns at surrendering inmates
- The leaked footage shows the moment that sparked the 2018 November 6-7 riot
Shocking footage has emerged from inside Australia's notorious Don Dale youth detention centre, revealing heavily armed police aiming guns at surrendering detainees and apprehending unarmed children.
November's riot saw several youths attack a justice worker with a metal table leg, stealing his keys to let other inmates out of cells and setting a school alight.
The leaked footage, obtained by the ABC, shows the moment that sparked the riot on November 6, resulting in $750,000 worth of damage.
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Shocking footage has emerged from inside Australia's notorious Don Dale youth detention centre, revealing heavily armed police aiming guns at surrendering detainees (pictured)
Inmates and prison staff can be seen grouping near a doorway, when a detainee quickly leans in to snatch keys from a guard's pocket.
A scuffle then breaks out and the guards retreat indoors where detainees begin to unlock cells and arm themselves with star pickets and broken table legs.
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Detainees using angle grinders to breach the exterior perimeter fence line in a bid to escape are tear-gassed by police and forced to retreat.
The NT Police's Tactical Response Group (TRG) also rescues guards and escorts them to safety.
Eight children were charged following the riot which saw the centre's school burned down.
The November 6-7 riot of 2018, which caused $750,000 worth of damage, saw buildings set ablaze at Don Dale juvenile detention centre (above)
Detainees using angle grinders to breach the exterior perimeter fence line in a bid to escape are tear-gassed by police and forced to retreat. Don Dale Youth Detention centre (pictured)
Police said their negotiations resulted in 13 detainees surrendering while no more than a dozen others were gradually apprehended in the early hours of November 7.
Police declined to say what weapons they had used to regain control of the centre but the CCTV footage shows they used laser scope assault weapons, and their BearCat armoured vehicle.
Additionally, the footage appears to show many private security guards on the scene, as opposed to youth justice officers.
The Government previously refused to release the CCTV from the riot via Freedom of Information applications.
Dylan Voller (pictured) was one of the high-profile faces of the youths handcuffed, hooded and strapped to restraint chairs at Don Dale in the footage aired on ABC's Four Corners in 2015
