WELLINGTON vans old skool marrone , Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand Police on Friday pledged to track down troublemakers who deliberately planned a riot at a popular New Year festival that ended with 63 people arrested and 83 injured.
Organizers have said they are considering the future of the BW Summer Festival in the wine-producing town of Gisborne, on the east coast of the North Island vans old skool fiori , after the event ended in alcohol- fueled violence on New Year's Eve.
As pictures emerged of the violence including tents being set alight and festival-goers pelted with full bottles and cans police appealed for anyone with video of the riot send it to send it to them.
"Our investigations into the incident are continuing and it doesn't stop when people have been arrested. We want to see as much footage as possible so we can identify those who took an active part in the riot," Senior Sergeant Steve Sutherland said in a statement.
Police had been viewing numerous videos posted on media and social media sites and it was likely many more people had recorded parts of the riot on their cellphones.
The BW festival is held in conjunction with the popular Rhythm and Vines annual music festival and around 20 vans old skool bianche e nere ,000 visitors descend on Gisborne for the two events at the turn of each year.
Police said about 7,000 people had turned up at the BW festival when the riot broke out at about 5.30 p.m. on New Year's Eve.
Police and security personnel battled for more than three hours to bring the situation under control.
On Thursday vans old skool nere e bianche , police said agitators had started the trouble by pushing over a fence between two campsites and torching tents, triggering a "mob mentality" among other festival-goers.
"This was an intentional riot that was fueled by alcohol. It was obvious a plan had been put in place by the main agitators vans old skool pelle nere , which quickly spread through the campgrounds. We used every available police resource to try to keep control of the crowds," Inspector Sam Aberahama said in a statement.
Seven of the 83 injured were taken to Gisborne Hospital with serious injuries vans old skool pelle bianche , according to St John Ambulance.
St John regional manager Stephen Smith said in a statement that most of the injuries were from projectiles being thrown, while other people were injured during crowd surges.
The 63 people arrested at the event would face a variety of charges vans old skool pelle offerte , including disorderly behavior, assault and assault with a weapon vans old skool pelle , and most are to appear in court on Jan. 18 and 19.
GIMCHEON, South Korea, March 8 (Xinhua) -- The last spell of winter cold penetrated the Gimcheon station in southeast South Korea, but thousands of residents gathered once again on Wednesday night to light candles for protest rally against Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD).
The 200th candlelit vigil was held at Peace Square in the Gimcheon station, North Gyeongsang province, bringing residents in the city as well as those from nearby regions to the peaceful rally that has been staged every night.
The candlelight rally has lasted since the THAAD deployment site was changed in September last year into a golf course in Seongju county, which borders and faces the Gimcheon city. The deployment decision was announced in July last year.
Shouting for "Stop THAAD" got much fiercer as South Korea's defense ministry announced the arrival in somewhere in South Korea on Tuesday of two mobile launchers and part of equipment necessary for THAAD installation.
THAAD is composed of six mobile launchers, 48 interceptors, one X-band radar and the fire and control unit.
No advance procedure has been completed, but South Korea hurriedly brought the U.S. missile defense system to politicize security issues ahead of an early presidential election. THAAD opponents said the conservative politicians are highly likely to want a "THAAD" presidential race in which all of public attention is centered on security issues.
Voters here tend to cast ballots conservatively when tensions are escalated with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). A presidential election is forecast to be held in May as the constitutional court is set to make a final ruling on President Park Geun-hye's impeachment on Friday.
"I came here to oppose THAAD that is never necessary for us and teases us," said Kim Tae-jin, a Gimcheon citizen who participated in the candlelit vigil. Kim said he can never accept the THAAD deployment in his hometown as the installation is not in national interests and did not go through proper procedures such as public consensus.
People in Seongju county and Gimcheon city announced a plan to file a lawsuit at a Seoul court against South Korean Defense Minister Han Min-koo for abuse of power and dereliction of duty as parts of THAAD battery were carried in without appropriate procedures.
"If people do not agree with THAAD deployment, (the government) is pushing it illegally. It enraged me, and I came here," said Nam Ki-woong, the candlelit vigil participant who came from a nearby city Gumi.
Nam said the arrival in South Korea of part of the THAAD battery was "ridiculous" as it was done without a public consensus, noting there would be no reason for the defense ministry to exist as its action put people in danger.
Seoul's defense ministry claimed THAAD is a weapon for defense, but the U.S. missile defense system is aggressive in nature as it boosts arms race and breaks regional strategic balance.
More missile shields in the region bring more nuclear missiles that can break through the missile defense systems.
Kim Hyo-min, a high school student, said she attended the candlelit rally as she cannot understand why the war weapon should be placed in his hometown and home country.
Park Hyo-jin, a Gimcheon citizen who participated in the rally with her 11-year-old child, told Xinhua that the rally was for next generations, including her child, as next genera. Cheap Dolphins Jerseys Cheap Chargers Jerseys Cheap Tampa Bay Buccaneers Jerseys Cheap San Francisco 49ers Jerseys Cheap Team Sweden Hockey Jerseys Cheap Team North America Hockey Jerseys Cheap Minnesota Wild Jerseys Cheap Dallas Stars Jerseys Wholesale Sabres Jerseys Wholesale Detroit Red Wings Jerseys