An Adelaide shopping centre is in lockdown and people are being evacuated following a “violent disturbance”.
SA Police has told the ABC two people have been rushed to hospital with serious injuries.
In a statement, police said they responded to reports of a fight inside Elizabeth City Centre in Adelaide’s northern suburbs just after 2pm.
They said a suspect had been apprehended.
SA Police are set to hold a press conference at the scene shortly. We’ll bring you the updates live.
One witness described what she saw.
“We were sitting down and I was feeding my daughter and all of a sudden we just seen a whole bunch of people surrounding one guy and one guy jumped on another and it was chaotic,” she said.
“We didn’t see anything [in terms of a weapon] but there was a lot of shouting and everything like that and we just got up and walked away.”
She said she then took refuge in a nearby shop.
“We were in Big W for like 10 minutes and then we were just locked down. All the doors shut and the we just sat in the toy section with our kids, playing with toys,” she said.
“We had to walk right around the shopping centre to walk to our cars.”
Police said they responded to reports of a fight. (ABC News: Bridget Herrmann)
Images from the scene show multiple SA Police and SA Ambulance Service vehicles outside the centre.
“There are reports of injuries. Investigations are continuing,” police said in a statement.
“Anyone who witnessed this incident or has any mobile phone footage is asked to approach police at the scene or provide their details via Crime Stoppers.”
On Facebook, a business inside the centre, Market Lane Meats, said it had closed.
“We have closed for the rest of the day due to a incident at Elizabeth City Centre,” it said.
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