Friday, June 3, 2016

Chaos broke out at a student celebration on the Avenue – Gothenburg Post



the 25 people were taken by police on the avenue where the student celebrations erupted into chaos on Friday. Percussion caps should have been thrown against both police and onlookers, and fights broke out. – People who walked on the street and sat at outdoor cafes have become frightened, said police Hans Lippens.

A total of 25 persons were arrested of police in connection with student celebrations at Götaplatsen and Avenue on Friday afternoon. It all must be under police have started at 14.30 pm when a flatbed with young people came to the place, and where it has taken the stop. The driver should not have dared to continue driving for safety reasons – a number of young people on the platform should have been too messy. And it is precisely the young people behind the altercation, according to police.

– I got to me is that the student carriages go around there and that someone threw percussion caps from flak, says Hans Lippens, police spokesman in the West Region, at 15:45 o’clock.

– People who walked on the street and sat at outdoor cafes have become frightened, so we have gone there to calm things down a bit.

According to police, even a number of friends and onlookers to graduation celebration young people made a mess of the place. These must have bathed in the fountain at Poseiodon and the new water game. It will later prove that a person is being chased on the spot, and when the police intervene it should have degenerated on the site. Percussion caps should have been thrown against both police and spectators.

At 16:30 o’clock arrived witness statements from several quarters that the celebrations degenerated on the Avenue.

– We have taken possession of five and it may be ten to said Lippens.

The five were taken into custody for disturbing the public order, and according to the police are the ones arguing spectators to the student celebrations

Witnesses at the location tells about fights slightly lower on avenue outside the restaurants there.

– It is the same event, said Lippens.

Emerentia Leifsdotter Lund, who was on the Avenue tells how the celebration really got out of hand.

– Very students and young people, who in turn was both scared and angry. But I did not really understand what happened, she said.

– It’s sick strange atmosphere here.

At 17:30 had between 10 and 15 people taken into custody for disturbing public order around Götaplatsen down towards the Avenue. According to police, it can not be excluded that there may be more taken into custody, and in addition, the authority can announce that the water in the fountain Poseidon will probably not be on at all this day.

READ MORE: After the riot: police shut Poseidon

Even on Thursday police were in place when students celebrate on the Avenue. Many of them chose to swim in it for locals very controversial water game.

– There were policemen there, but they did not intervene and seemed to let the students swim in, said a witness to the GP on Thursday.

At 18:15 had a total of 25 people taken into custody. Some have been removed from the site, and some have been driven to the police station, where they will sit for a while and calm down, according to police.
One person has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer after throwing percussion caps against a policeman who allegedly received earache. Two people suspected of attempted violence against the officer.

One person has been beaten, and is reported to be slightly injured. According to the police, it is now quiet on Götaplatsen and Avenyn.

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