Unrest has been ongoing in the remote community of Arlparra since last week, including one incident where around 50 people armed with traditional weapons were fighting in the street.
A Northern Territory regional council mayor has called on the NT government to "urgently" consider carrying out a curfew, among other measures, in a remote Central Australian community.
In his letter to NT Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro and Police Commissioner Martin Dole, Barkly Regional Council Mayor Sid Vashist said there had been "escalating violence in and around the Arlparra community", about three hours north-east of Alice Springs in the Urapuntja Homelands.
Cr Vashist said following unrest in the community at the weekend, he had received advice from the chief executive of Urapuntja Aboriginal Corporation, Jim Stacey, that all non-essential services in the area had temporarily stopped operating.
In the email sent by Mr Stacey on Monday explaining the pause on services to stakeholders in the area, the chief executive described a "terrifying" incident involving one of the corporation's staff members.
Mr Stacey said as a result of that incident and ongoing unrest in the community, the corporation's public offices, administration centre, family centre and art centre would be closed for 48 hours.
Following another incident on Tuesday, which Mr Stacey described as a "hostile raid on the Arlparra community", the chief executive extended the closure of all non-essential services.
In a statement, NT Police said it was responding to "ongoing unrest" in the Urapuntja Homelands region, which had been escalating since September 19.
Police also provided detail of the Tuesday evening incident, where they said about 50 people travelled from a nearby community to Arlparra.