As Reading Festival turns into violence and looting, thugs SET TENTS ON FIRE: On the final day of the music festival, fights break out, chairs are thrown, and thugs set campfires.
Social media videos showed fires raging around the Reading Festival grounds
Sunday, the penultimate day of the event, also saw reports of fighting and looting.
After a young woman was pierced in the leg, spiked needles were also reported.
The roads leading out from the festival were believed to be congested as a result of the mass exodus.
According to reports, revelers are fleeing Reading Festival in droves after fights, looting, and tent burning broke out on the festival’s final day.
As protesters threw chairs and other things into enormous bonfires, security forces fought to maintain order.
The Mirror said that chaos broke out at 4 p.m. on Sunday, with videos showing fires spreading over the Reading encampment.
An eyewitness reported that hip-hop and alternative music festivalgoers battled each other after various bands played on the same stage one after the other.
Some even reported unsettling instances of spiking when a young woman was allegedly pricked with a needle while waiting in line.
Hundreds of festivalgoers fled the site as rioting and tent looting persisted, reportedly clogging exit roads.
Sunday at approximately 4 p.m., fires were lit in the heart of the Reading Festival encampment as disorder broke out.
Many stated online that they departed the festival early due to the disorder they witnessed.
According to festivalgoers on social media, fires were ignited between tents in the Orange Camp part of the festival during the day, and more flames burnt on Sunday night.
Amber Vellacott, age 26, and her boyfriend left the festival because they were surrounded by violence, she said.
She told the Mirror, “Fires broke out at 4 p.m. in various camps; crews and security were quick to put them out, but kids were surrounding them and putting trash and cans into them.”
When we noticed individuals picking up tents and trash and tossing them into the trees and across the campsites, we decided it would be best to pack up and leave – frustratingly!
Chairs and other objects were hurled onto bonfires by festival attendees.
Many reported leaving the area as the mood deteriorated and dangers increased.
Attendees reported reports of violence and even incidences of needle-spiking.
However, it did not feel secure for two adults, let alone all the children around. When we departed at approximately 7:00 p.m., there was a fair amount of security, but not masses. More volunteers who do not dare to participate, and I don’t blame them.
In the past, Reading Festival has witnessed disorder and massive fires, notably on its last day.
As the craziness continued on Sunday night, The 1975 were the main act, following performances by The Arctic Monkeys, Dave, and Megan Thee Stallion.
The news comes after the death of a 16-year-old kid at Leeds Festival following a drug-related incident.
Police in Yorkshire stated they were examining whether or whether he had taken an MDMA pill.