Adventure Island: Panic as police try to storm a theme park

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anic occurred at an amusement park in Southend, Essex, while police were alerted to the site after a fight broke out on Friday.

According to reports, the incident on Adventure Island caused people to “run and yell” at the theme park.

Adventure Island confirmed to Norma that the park remains open to customers.

Essex police said: “We are at the scene of an incident on Adventure Island, on Western Esplanade, #Southend.

“We were called shortly before 4.40pm today, Friday 20 August, with reports of assault.

“Our units arrived in two minutes to begin dealing with the incident. Several arrests have been made.

“There are no confirmed reports of weapons use of any kind against anyone. We will provide an update when we can.”

A Twitter suggested there was a fight over a trip and shared a video showing a group of police officers gathered at the site.

Another person wrote, “How do I go to the adventure island and a fight breaks out and security starts to get hit?”

Another social media user said, “I’m not sure what’s going on, we’ve been evacuated from Adventure Island because of a red code.

“There’s a lot of police and other emergency services here.”

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