Overview
- Footage posted on X shows youths tearing down barriers and attacking a young man at Hyde Park’s Winter Wonderland on December 24.
- Met Police arrived within minutes, pointed Tasers at suspects, and ordered bystanders to go home.
- Event organisers say on-site security managed the altercation during egress outside the event footprint and that those involved were known to each other.
- No injuries or arrests were reported, and organisers said the wider event was not disrupted.
- The incident has renewed scrutiny of safety and crowding at the attraction, which draws about three million visits and contributes an estimated £100 million to London, with police recording 127 crimes there in 2021/22.