More than a
dozen police officers have been injured during violent clashes in Brixton after
a large "music event" got out of control.
Footage on
social media showed a number of police vehicles being smashed and officers
chased during clashes with a large crowd near the Angell Town estate.
Bottles
were being thrown at officers as the authorities were chased from the area.
Home
Secretary Priti Patel has described the events in Brixton as "utterly vile
scenes" after the Metropolitan Police confirmed 15 officers were injured.
"These
are utterly vile scenes," Ms Patel tweeted.
"Just
last weekend, the whole country came together to praise our heroic police
officers for putting their own lives on the line to keep us safe.
"I'll
be picking up with the Met Commissioner immediately."
One woman
described the scene as "disgusting and sickening". She tweeted:
"They are out of control and you want to continue to ease lockdown? How
were they allowed to have a BLOCK PARTY that had hundreds of people and it
didn’t get locked off?"
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