Police clarify football riot numbers
Police now say this was the number of spectators at the game, not those involved in the brawl. Superintendent Brent Warren says no one was arrested during the riot but weapons were seized. "There was up to 500 people in the area at the time," he said. "Now obviously not all those people were armed, however...
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- News Source: The Daily Telegraph | 11 days agoPolice feared for their safety when they turned up to a disturbance at a sporting field on Groote Eylandt to discover it had escalated to a full scale brawl. The brawl, involving several hundred people, some of them armed with axes and spears, broke...
- News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation | 12 days agoPolice now say this was the number of spectators at the game, not those involved in the brawl. Superintendent Brent Warren says no one was arrested during the riot but weapons were seized. "There was up to 500 people in the area at the time," he said.
- News Source: Sydney Morning Herald | 12 days agoyesterday at the Angurugu sports oval on Groote Eylandt, about 600km east of Darwin. Police claim the fight erupted on the field when an opposing player threw the football at another player who had been awarded a free kick. "Another player then...
- News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation | 12 days agoAbout 500 people were involved in the riot at the Angurugu sports oval yesterday afternoon, many of them armed with axes and spears, police say. It started after a player was awarded a free kick which upset the opposing player who threw the ball at...
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- Blog Source: www.footyshop.comSpears, axes used in AFL brawl. Brisbane Times More than 500 people wielding axes and spears turned on each other during an Australian Rules football game at a remote Northern Territory community. ...
- Blog Source: www.newmediablog.comSpears, axes used in football brawl. Australian Associated Press, by Staff Posted By: Photoonist- Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:18:04 GMT More than 500 people, some wielding axes and spears, turned on each other during an Australian Rules ...
- Blog Source: www.inmelbourne.com.auMore than 500 people wielding axes and spears turn on each other during NT footy game.
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