In short: Three weeks ago, a major Adelaide shopping centre was plunged into lockdown after an alleged armed brawl. Security experts say more can be done in training and preparing security and retail workers. What’s next? South Australian Police is conducting a review into its response to the Westfield Marion incident, but has previously said...
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SA Premier praises police response to shopping centre lockdown amid wave of ‘misinformation’
South Australia’s Premier has praised the police response at Westfield Marion shopping centre amid “an awful amount of misinformation” during Sunday’s emergency lockdown. The major multi-storey shopping mall in Adelaide’s south-west was plunged into both chaos and lockdown yesterday afternoon, after a fight allegedly broke out in the food court between two groups of boys....
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Machete and batons allegedly ‘brandished’ by teenagers before lockdown of Adelaide shopping centre
In short: A prosecutor told the Adelaide Youth Court that a machete was brandished during a confrontation that led to the lockdown of the Westfield Marion shopping centre. The court heard police seized two expandable batons, but did not find a machete. What’s next? Bail reports have been ordered for each of the accused, who...
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Man Injured After Knife Fight At Australian Shopping Centre
(MENAFN– IANS) Sydney, May 11 (IANS) A man sustained injury and two others were on the run after getting involved in a knife fight at a Western Australian (WA) shopping centre. At around 3:30 p.m. local time on Friday, police received multiple reports of an incident at Westfield Carousel Shopping Centre in Cannington, a southern...