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Re: 'incident' at Westfield Marion Shopping Centre
Reply #15 - Jun 24^th, 2024 at 6:55am

Jovial Monk wrote on Jun 24^th, 2024 at 2:47am:

greggerypeccary wrote on Jun 23^rd, 2024 at 9:45pm:

Jovial Monk wrote on Jun 23^rd, 2024 at 9:25pm:

Wasn’t the impression I got and that Westfield was my local big shopping centre.

Seriously?

Years ago, it had the reputation in Adelaide of being the bogan's bogan centre.

Maybe it's changed in recent years, but when I used to visit SA it was the place to avoid.

I didn’t spend hours there but had my banks in there and Woolies/Coles for when I needed dishwashing detergent/toilet paper etc and the RAA office. Never noticed anything rough.

Did you bring your dates to the foodcourt at Marion for some fine dining?

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Re: 'incident' at Westfield Marion Shopping Centre
Reply #17 - Jun 24^th, 2024 at 9:25am

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-24/teenagers-arrested-westfield-marion-shopp...

Teenagers arrested over Westfield
Marion Shopping Centre fight that triggered lockdown

By Josephine Lim
Posted 2h ago
2 hours ago
, updated 15m ago

Police say overnight they arrested two boys,
aged 15 and 16, and charged them with assault, affray and aggravated robbery.

In short: Two teenage boys have been arrested after a fight sent the Westfield Marion shopping centre into lockdown on Sunday.
The boys have been charged with assault, affray and aggravated robbery.
What's next? Police are still looking for other suspects.

Two teenagers who police say allegedly robbed a male of his clothing have been arrested after the incident sent a major shopping centre in Adelaide's south-west into lockdown yesterday.

Police say just before 3pm on Sunday, two groups of boys were fighting in the food court of the Westfield Marion shopping centre, with reports some had weapons.

Centre management activated an alert and evacuation alarm, and the centre went into lockdown.

A number of police swarmed the centre to search for the groups involved but did not find them.

Police say overnight they arrested two boys, aged 15 and 16, and charged them with assault, affray and aggravated robbery.

Assistant Commissioner Scott Duval said the fight started when three boys approached another group of boys at the centre's food court.

"What we'll allege is it's effectively motivated by the robbery of clothing," Assistant Commissioner Duval told ABC News Breakfast.

"They were targeting clothing from one of the male victims and during that, one of the weapons were produced and that became the cause of the incident that caused Westfield Marion to effectively put their emergency procedures in place for the purpose of public safety."

He said the altercation was not a random attack.

"How that meeting occurred in the food court is still to be determined but sufficed to say the groups were known to each other," Assistant Commissioner Duval said.

Police seized two expandable batons during the pair's arrest.

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Re: 'incident' at Westfield Marion Shopping Centre
Reply #18 - Jun 24^th, 2024 at 10:03am

Looks like it was a massive over reaction to what happened.
It was just a couple of kids with some sticks and no one was injured from that -
those who were injured were involved in accidents trying
to leave the shopping center in the panic that resulted.

Who reported 20 people involved in a brawl and a knife attack?

Talk about yelling FIRE in a cinema. Roll Eyes

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Re: 'incident' at Westfield Marion Shopping Centre
Reply #19 - Jun 24^th, 2024 at 11:11am

freediver wrote on Jun 24^th, 2024 at 6:55am:

Jovial Monk wrote on Jun 24^th, 2024 at 2:47am:

greggerypeccary wrote on Jun 23^rd, 2024 at 9:45pm:

Jovial Monk wrote on Jun 23^rd, 2024 at 9:25pm:

Wasn’t the impression I got and that Westfield was my local big shopping centre.

Seriously?

Years ago, it had the reputation in Adelaide of being the bogan's bogan centre.

Maybe it's changed in recent years, but when I used to visit SA it was the place to avoid.

I didn’t spend hours there but had my banks in there and Woolies/Coles for when I needed dishwashing detergent/toilet paper etc and the RAA office. Never noticed anything rough.

Did you bring your dates to the foodcourt at Marion for some fine dining?

I NEVER eat at foodcourts. The smells

Oh yuck!

I did visit KMart a few times to buy new bedsheets, doonas/doona covers—the joy of caring for an incontinent parent!

On some sunny warm days I dragged her Queen sized mattress outside so the sun could dry and deodorise it a bit.

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Re: 'incident' at Westfield Marion Shopping Centre
Reply #20 - Jun 24^th, 2024 at 6:01pm

update:

https://www.indaily.com.au/news/2024/06/24/weapons-threat-sparked-westfield-mari...

Two boys, aged 15 and 16, both from Mitchell Park, appeared in the Adelaide Youth Court via video link on Monday following their arrests overnight.

Both were charged with aggravated counts of affray, robbery and assault.

Opposing bail, the prosecutor told court there was “a great sense of fear instilled in all shoppers who remained at Marion, as it took some time to determine the nature of the offending and the risk to the public”.

“Brandishing items of this nature, being a machete and extendable batons, is something that’s not trivial,” he said.

The magistrate remanded the boys in custody, pending a bail report to assess their suitability for home detention.

A third youth, a 15-year-old from Morphett Vale, was arrested and charged on Monday and will appear in the Christies Beach Youth Court.

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Re: 'incident' at Westfield Marion Shopping Centre
Reply #21 - Jun 25^th, 2024 at 8:03pm

Bobby. wrote on Jun 23^rd, 2024 at 6:10pm:

freediver wrote on Jun 23^rd, 2024 at 6:07pm:

Bobby. wrote on Jun 23^rd, 2024 at 6:06pm:

Channel 7 news just now -

dozens of cops with long arms - rifles - running around.

They might find your description offensive.

It's no laughing matter

Yet apparently, it WAS !

Two teens have been arrested after a brawl that sent an Adelaide shopping centre into lockdown.
The fighting began at Westfield Marion in Adelaide just before 3pm on Sunday and triggered widespread reports of an armed person inside.
Management activated an audible alert and evacuation alarm and the centre went into lockdown

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/24/two-teenagers-cha...

It may well have been a catfight, over a boy, between two high-school scraggs.
I wonder how the police would react to THAT one ?

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Re: 'incident' at Westfield Marion Shopping Centre
Reply #22 - Jun 25^th, 2024 at 8:15pm

buzzanddidj wrote on Jun 25^th, 2024 at 8:03pm:

Bobby. wrote on Jun 23^rd, 2024 at 6:10pm:

freediver wrote on Jun 23^rd, 2024 at 6:07pm:

Bobby. wrote on Jun 23^rd, 2024 at 6:06pm:

Channel 7 news just now -

dozens of cops with long arms - rifles - running around.

They might find your description offensive.

It's no laughing matter

Yet apparently, it WAS !

Two teens have been arrested after a brawl that sent an Adelaide shopping centre into lockdown.
The fighting began at Westfield Marion in Adelaide just before 3pm on Sunday and triggered widespread reports of an armed person inside.
Management activated an audible alert and evacuation alarm and the centre went into lockdown

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/24/two-teenagers-cha...

It may well have been a catfight, over a boy, between two high-school scraggs.
I wonder how the police would react to THAT one ?

It could have been 2 poofters having a bitch fight? Embarrassed

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Re: 'incident' at Westfield Marion Shopping Centre
Reply #23 - Jun 26^th, 2024 at 12:38pm

Bobby. wrote on Jun 25^th, 2024 at 8:15pm:

buzzanddidj wrote on Jun 25^th, 2024 at 8:03pm:

Bobby. wrote on Jun 23^rd, 2024 at 6:10pm:

freediver wrote on Jun 23^rd, 2024 at 6:07pm:

Bobby. wrote on Jun 23^rd, 2024 at 6:06pm:

Channel 7 news just now -

dozens of cops with long arms - rifles - running around.

They might find your description offensive.

It's no laughing matter

Yet apparently, it WAS !

Two teens have been arrested after a brawl that sent an Adelaide shopping centre into lockdown.
The fighting began at Westfield Marion in Adelaide just before 3pm on Sunday and triggered widespread reports of an armed person inside.
Management activated an audible alert and evacuation alarm and the centre went into lockdown

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/24/two-teenagers-cha...

It may well have been a catfight, over a boy, between two high-school scraggs.
I wonder how the police would react to THAT one ?

It could have been 2 poofters having a bitch fight?

... which would have been up there as an equally trivial false alarm.
Police forces need to take a chill pill every time two people have an argument, in a food hall
- so as to not alarm the whole nation

terrorism ?

PFFFT !

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