THREE POLICE OFFICERS HURT AT ILLEGAL RAVE IN LONDON
Officers were hit with billiard balls...
Three police officers were injured trying to shut down an illegal rave in Walthamstow that lasted seven hours this past weekend.
According to reports the officers were struck with billiard balls that were throw at them when they responded to reports of an illegal rave at former Hurricane Room snooker hall on Saturday July 2nd.
Officers were called to former snooker hall on Hoe Street, Walthamstow, on Saturday evening to reports of an illegal rave, where a crowd of 500 were congregating outside the unlicensed event.
John Lawal, who was taking a bus home when the incident took place, said: “There were a lot of young people on all corners of the street and police cars parked in the centre of the road.
“Police went inside the building to ask people to come out, but they were met with resistance.
“Later, I heard a things breaking upstairs, then there was a volley of billiard balls coming through the windows.
According to This Is Local London, three police officers — one man and two women — sustained minor injuries during the disturbance, but they did not require hospital treatment.
