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Arrest over wild Melbourne street brawl 10:19am Sep 3, 2018
A teen has been arrested and released over a wild brawl involving 200 people in inner-Melbourne which left another man fighting for life after he was slammed by a car. The 18-year-old was arrested on Sunday during a police search of his Cranbourne home after youths ran riot in Collingwood following a record label launch at the Gasometer Hotel. "The man was interviewed and released, pending further investigation," Victoria Police said in a statement on Monday.
An 18-year-old Fitzroy man was hit by a car, pinned between two cars, and remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital with serious leg injuries. Six other people were also injured in Sunday's brawl. Three 18-year-olds, two 21-year-olds, and a 26-year-old all received non-life threatening injuries. Up to 200 people were involved in the melee that spilled out onto the road from the 66 Records launch about "Some of the local police have indicated they were concerned about that, that's something I think police will need to absolutely have a look at," Police Minister Lisa Neville told 3AW on Monday. "I'll certainly be speaking to Victoria Police about it." However, she rubbished suggestions of a no arrest policy after no arrests during a similar event in Taylors Hill last month. New Prime Minister Scott Morrison was on Melbourne radio on Monday criticising police efforts in the city. "We have (Australia's) highest proportion of Sudanese population in NSW," Mr Morrison told 3AW on Monday. "We don't have these problems in NSW, they're not happening in other cities. Why is it happening in Melbourne?" He said it was up to Premier Daniel Andrews to ensure "there is a police force that is a force". Event organiser J-Nelly told revellers to be on their best behaviour in a Facebook post on Friday, saying "violence will not be tolerated". "A moment of anger isn't worth a lifetime of bad labeling (sic)," he wrote. © AAP 2018
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