Wild teenage fight at Manly Wharf on Australia Day
A wild brawl involving as many as fifty teenagers at Manly Wharf in Sydney has ended with multiple arrests.
A wild incident involving as many as fifty teenagers at Manly Wharf in Sydney has ended with multiple arrests today.
A large group of teenagers, many of them bikini clad, were involved in an intense argument, with police trying to break up the group.
The incident began about 4pm, with footage showing police chasing after the teens. Pepper spray was reportedly deployed by officers as they tried to contain the situation.
Nine reporter Madison Scott described it as an “intense, chaotic afternoon”.
“There was a lot of pushing and shoving between authorities and some of those individuals in that group,” she said.
“Eventually two young teens were arrested, one of them pinned down on the concrete before being taken away by police.”
She added there were also several more arrests, with police on alert for more trouble.
A video of the brawl was posted on the @creaturesofManly social media page with the caption “Ratbags take Manly”, sparking lots of reaction online.
One person wrote: “They need to shut manly down for anyone under the age of 18 for [Australia Day] excluding babies/toddlers or kids accompanied by their parents. This is disgusting, poor cops.”
Another argued it was “reason to change the date.”
“This s*** has been happening for years!”.
A third person compared it to the Cronulla riots, a major incident involving thousands of people in 2005.
That incident began as a dispute between a group of Middle Eastern youths and lifeguards at Cronulla beach, before spreading to southwest Sydney.
A spokesperson for NSW Police said they attended the forecourt area of Manly Wharf in response to reports of a brawl.
Police arrested three male teenagers who were taken to Manly Police station and are assisting with inquiries.
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