Police are showered with bottles and chased away by crowds as they try to break up an illegal block party in west London
Police came under attack with bottles after they tried to clear a ‘block party’ in west London.
Officers were forced to retreat after they were showered with glass as they tried to break up ‘an unlicensed music event’ in Havelock Close, White City.
Video showed the police retreating while a group of young men pelted them with a variety of objects.
Scotland Yard said they were ‘engaging with those present and encouraging them to leave’.
At one stage almost 200 riot police and two helicopters were at the scene.
More to follow.
Police officers were forced to call in back up after they were pelted with bottles while trying to break up an illegal block party in White City, west London
Police equipped with riot gear were deployed after bottles were thrown by revellers at the event in White City, west London
Several police vans carrying back up were sent to the scene in White City, west London