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Six teenage girls have been arrested after two separate incidents of anti-social behaviour "fuelled by online trends" in south-west London, the Met Police said.

About 100 officers were called to Clapham High Street on Tuesday where young people were reported to be attempting to access shops and a restaurant. They also lit fires and set off fireworks on Clapham Common.

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[–] egrets@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

As best I can tell, people on Snapchat and TikTok are kicking off "linkups" at an agreed place and time, and some of them are going viral.

I think the aim is genuinely to cause a bit of chaos, given safety in numbers, but I doubt most people attend with the intent of causing serious damage to people or property.