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Swift police charge group after Batman Park brawl
Police have charged six people after an alleged affray in Batman Park, Melbourne CBD, on Friday night.
Investigators have been told a group of people were walking through the park when they were approached by a second group about 10pm.
A male from the second group grabbed a backpack off one of the other men.
When the man attempted to retrieve his backpack he was allegedly assaulted and a brawl broke out between the groups.
Two men who were passing by attempted to break up the affray and were also assaulted.
Tom Smithies 1608262240,1608263033
IT’S only about three kilometres from Plummer St Oval in Port Melbourne to Batman Park on the banks of the Yarra, but they might as well be light years apart as the A-League tries to show that things are starting to change around here.
The helicopter stuffed with A-League and W-League talent that buzzed AAMI Park and the Westgate Bridge in Melbourne on Thursday lunchtime could not have struck a more different note to recent pre-season events, most pointedly the gathering of injured and fringe players held at a suburban club on that Plummer St field three years ago.