Teenagers clash with riot police on beach after storming Woolworths supermarket
A large group of teenagers clashed with police at a popular beach in Melbourne’s bayside after causing chaos in a nearby supermarket.
Video shared on social media showed dozens of teenagers flooding into Mordialloc Woolworths about 3pm before they tore items off the shelves and flung them down the aisles.
Staff and shoppers were massively outnumbered, and the store eventually went into lockdown shortly after 4pm.
The group then moved to Mordialloc beach, and riot police were called in to disperse the crowd.
Video shows officers at the beach were surrounded by a large group of teenagers, who were throwing items at police, while filming and gesturing at the officers. In one video, a police officer deployed OC spray and slammed a teenager to the ground.
Police said there were no injuries reported and no weapons detected.
“Police received reports of a brawl at a Mordialloc supermarket shortly after 3pm on 17 December,” a Victoria Police spokesperson said on Wednesday evening.
“Officers quickly responded and located a large group of people who had left the shopping centre and moved to the Mordialloc Pier.
