Hundreds of teens rampage through estate after crashing girl’s 16th birthday party

A girl’s birthday party ended with hundreds of teenagers clashing with police after the event details were shared online leading to ‘utter carnage’. 

The girl’s mother booked a community centre just off Old Kent Road in London with 100 friends and family invited. 

However witnesses told Metro how as many as 400 more teenagers crashed the party after coming straight from school on Monday afternoon. 

Many took buses where they knocked back booze before arriving at the venue in Twelve Acres House in the Avondale Square estate.

Neighbours said many were carrying knives which they hid when police were scrambled to the scene at around 5pm.

Footage shared on social media shows a mob being dispersed by police who are massively outnumbered. 

A mum of two autistic children aged five and 13, told Metro how one of the teenagers hurled a knife into her back garden when the police arrived. 

She said: ‘It was terrifying. A knife was lobbed over my wall what if it had hit one of my kids.

‘Loads of them had blades which they were hiding in bushes or throwing away when the police arrived. 

‘They had come to the party after seeing a “link up” message online with details of the party. There must have been 500 all together. A lot of them came on buses and were drinking Buzz Ball cocktails. 

‘When they arrived they were everywhere doing nitrous oxide with balloons. It was out of control, like a war zone.’

They basically took over the estate

She said the police took hours to clear the teenagers who were refusing to budge. 

She said: ‘There were so many they were not moving away. Some were on Old Kent Road blocking the traffic. They basically took over the estate. We stayed inside with the doors locked but we were very scared.’ 

Another witness told Metro: ‘It was horrendous there were boys and girls they got off buses after school. Some were still in school uniform.

‘They seemed high or drunk and the racket they were making was terrible.

‘We were scared to do anything as we know kids that age sometimes carry knives. There were so many of them it would have been impossible to intervene. This has never happened at the community centre before. It’s a really nice estate.’

A staff member at the estate office told Metro a mum had booked her daughter’s 16th birthday party at the venue on the understanding that 100 was the maximum capacity. 

She said: ‘The mum booked it and said 100 people maximum. Then this chaos happened.

‘We are very sorry what happened and are going to review if the community centre should be used for parties in the future.’

Estate workers cleared up the debris early this morning after the rampaging teens left the area covered in rubbish with discarded balloons used to inhale nitrous oxide and booze bottles littering the area around Avindake Square where Met officers confronted them. 

There is extensive CCTV on the estate which will have captured the carnage and will aid the police investigation.

A pensioner who lives on the estate said: ‘This is a lovely estate these trouble makers were from elsewhere. It was very intimidating. There were hundreds of them. 

Four teenagers aged 15 to 17 were arrested on suspicion of violent disorder.

Three people were charged with assaulting an emergency worker. They are two men aged 18 and 20 and a 16-year-old girl.

A 17-year-old boy has been charged with anti social behaviour.

A 16-year-old girl has also been charged with obstructing a police officer.

What have the Met said?

A Met police spokesperson said: ‘We are aware of the impact that incidents like this can have on the local community.

‘Officers have remained in the area today to offer reassurance to local residents and deter further offending.

‘On Monday, 22 June at around 18:00hrs police were called to reports of a large gathering on Avondale Square.

‘Officers attended the scene and a dispersal order was promptly put in place. Ten arrests were made.

‘A 16-year-old boy was assaulted and, after being arrested, was taken to hospital from custody for treatment to a head injury.

‘His injuries have since been confirmed as neither life-threatening nor life-changing.’

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