{"id":20362,"date":"2017-12-03T16:27:21","date_gmt":"2017-12-03T16:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=20362"},"modified":"2017-12-03T16:27:21","modified_gmt":"2017-12-03T16:27:21","slug":"violent-fight-in-central-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/violent-fight-in-central-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Violent fight in central London"},"content":{"rendered":"

Early this morning, a fight broke out between a group of young men in one of the busiest streets in the capital<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Police was called<\/span>\u00a0from a coffee shop at around 7am after a group, believed to consist of at least six people in their 20s, was violently fighting on the pavement in front of a food and drink business in the borough of Camden.<\/p>\n

Two witnesses, who don\u2019t want to be identified, told the Voice of London: \u201cIt was still dark and we couldn\u2019t see properly. They were young and from what seemed to be just an argument, escalated into a wide street fight. At least two people were on the ground.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

The second witness reported: \u201cWhen we realised the seriousness of the situation, there was already a pond of blood on the footpath and we immediately called the police and an ambulance.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

When the police arrived on the scene, many of those involved ran away.<\/span><\/p>\n

The witnesses confirmed that the person with the most severe injuries, a young Asian man, was transported to the hospital for medical examination after reported injuries to the face and presumably to the head. <\/span><\/p>\n

A part of the pavement was blocked off by police but it was reopened after the young man was dismissed from the hospital around one hour after the incident, a policeman at the scene confirmed. <\/span><\/p>\n

Some glasses were also found on the scene but it stays unclear if they were related to the fight. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe area, mainly early in the morning, is not really safe and you are likely to bump into drunk people while going to work,\u201d added one witness.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMany in the area work in pubs, which usually\u00a0close late at night, or coffee shops and food chains, which open really early. I don\u2019t personally feel safe traveling around London at five or six o’clock in the morning. I bet many would share my opinion,\u201d concluded the other witness.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Words: Fabiola Zaccardelli | Subbing: Lotta Behrens<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Early this morning, a fight broke out between a group of young men in one of the busiest streets in the capital. Police was called\u00a0from a coffee shop at around 7am after a group, believed…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":476,"featured_media":20366,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[986,1613,2354,3769,4450,5728,6122],"class_list":["post-20362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society","tag-breaking-news","tag-crime","tag-fight","tag-london","tag-news","tag-society","tag-teenagers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t