Posted: Aug 10, 2023 19:19 GMT
The Metropolitan Police issues dispersal orders due to the large number of young people who gather for the purpose of looting premises in a central shopping street.
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has issued an urgent warning to the inhabitants and visitors of the British capital asking them to avoid a central shopping area, due to shoplifting prompted by a trend of the social network TikTok, reported The Guardian this Tuesday.
Khan has dismissed the call for shoplifting as “nonsense.” “I’m concerned about this nonsense that we’ve seen on TikTok, encouraging people to go to Oxford Street,” he said.
Microsoft at Oxford Circus station attempted looting lots of riot Police turned arriving causing the youth to run away pic.twitter.com/sieUQteMwC
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For its part, the London Metropolitan Police monitors the street for the large number of young who come to loot businesses. The security forces assured that they continue to be present in the area, issuing 34 dispersal orders and arresting to 9 people this Wednesday.
Likewise, the authorities have said that in the place where the robberies take place there will be a large number of officers and warned that any individual who commits a crime must be prepared to face strong legal repercussions.
2023-08-10 23:01:36
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