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From the
https://www.kentlive.news By Andy Robinson, 29 August 2019.
Footage shows shocking moment police officers storm Woolwich knife
fight.
Four youths were arrested after the disturbance near the Kingsman
Parade shops.
Videos have emerged showing the moment police officers rush to the
scene of a fight involving "people with knives" in Woolwich.
The incident happened at 6pm yesterday (August 28) in Lamport Close.
Officers can be seen filing out of vans and cars near The Greyhound
pub in Woolwich Church Street before rushing past the shops in Kingsman
Parade as a group.
Plain clothed officers are also spotted leaving an undercover car
while a second police van can be seen in parallel Lord Warwick Street.
Four arrested after a fight involving 'young people with knives'
erupts in Woolwich.
A close up video of the scene afterwards shows dozens of officers
interspersed within the masses of people as onlookers watch on.
More officers were called in later on and a cordon was implemented
while they worked at the scene.
A police helicopter could also be seen hovering the skies above.
Four "hostile youths" were arrested at the scene for affray .
A Met Police spokesman confirmed: "We were called at 6pm to a report
of a fight and people with knives in Lamport Close SE18
"Officers attended and found a large group of hostile youths, 4 of
whom were arrested for affray.
"Extra officers were called and a cordon was in place for a short
time. No injuries from reported fight. Officers have now left the
scene."
The Met implemented a Section 60 order at 7pm for 12 hours in the
SE18 postcode area.
Section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 gives
police the right to search people within a defined area during a
specific time period when they believe serious violence will take place
and it is necessary to prevent such violence, suspect that a person is
carrying a dangerous or offensive weapon or an instrument used in an
incident involving serious violence is being carried in the area. |