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Neve Brissenden

SA police head to Alice Springs for curfew back-up

A youth curfew imposed in Alice Springs following escalating violence is due to end on Wednesday. (Aaron Bunch/AAP PHOTOS)

Children caught out at night in Alice Springs could be dealt with by South Australian police after the Northern Territory government called in interstate reinforcements to manage an ongoing youth curfew.

Assistant Police Commissioner Martin Dole told reporters the extra police had been brought in to "gradually relieve" some of the NT police in Alice Springs.

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