"Around 200 schoolchildren clashed with police after a viral TikTok blind date event descended into chaos on the streets of south London. Footage on social media shows crowds of excited teenagers in Sutton town centre. Dozens of Metropolitan Police officers soon arrive and raise batons amid disturbances around 4pm on Thursday. The young Croydon-based organiser of what had been billed as an exciting night of connections and fun later said online: I've caused something major."
"According to the BusyTV channel, the event featured two blindfolded teenagers asking each other questions while they stand back to back outside St Nicholas Shopping Centre. 'Blind date' chaos in High Street, Sutton on Thursday night The blind date participants then remove face masks and turn around to reveal who they were speaking to. A Section 35 dispersal order ordering all attendees to leave the area was issued but the Met said there were no arrests or injuries."
"[When I arrived] it's rammed, it's jampacked. I'm thinking I've caused something major so then I'm trying to start the blind dates and everyone starts pushing into the crowd. Then everyone starts running because I'm getting packed in and I want to move this down here as don't want it to crowd up this space too much. I did one blind date and I was about to do another one"
Around 200 schoolchildren gathered in Sutton town centre for a TikTok-organised blind date that escalated into clashes with Metropolitan Police officers. Footage showed crowds of excited teenagers and dozens of officers raising batons amid disturbances around 4pm. The Croydon-based organiser said the location became jampacked as blind dates began, people pushed into the crowd and attendees started running. Participants had stood back-to-back blindfolded outside St Nicholas Shopping Centre before removing masks to reveal identities. A Section 35 dispersal order required attendees to leave; the Met reported no arrests or injuries. The organiser later posted a video describing being chased and restrained by officers.
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