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By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 3:13 PM on 18th February 2011
Three teenagers were stabbed and 19 others arrested after a mass brawl in Trafalgar Square yesterday.
Running battles broke out between rival gangs of youths – believed to be Albanian Kosovans – armed with knives and hockey sticks around Nelson’s Column during the afternoon.
The fighting lasted for around 90 minutes as the rival gangs clashed on Kosovo National Day, which celebrates the country's independence.
Witnesses described how the gangs ran into the square wielding their weapons.
Dozens of police officers struggled to break up the fight, reportedly arresting a 14-year-old boy, and two 16-year-old youths.
A 19-year-old man reportedly had four stab wounds to his head, arms and back, an 18-year-old youth knifed twice in the chest and another 19-year-old had stab wounds to the neck,back and leg.
One insider told the Evening Standard: 'Whenever there are high-profile events such as this these gangs meet to show their muscle, to fight to see who is the most powerful.
Running battles broke out between rival gangs of youths – believed to be Albanian Kosovans – armed with knives and hockey sticks around Nelson’s Column during the afternoon.
The fighting lasted for around 90 minutes as the rival gangs clashed on Kosovo National Day, which celebrates the country's independence.
Witnesses described how the gangs ran into the square wielding their weapons.
Dozens of police officers struggled to break up the fight, reportedly arresting a 14-year-old boy, and two 16-year-old youths.
A 19-year-old man reportedly had four stab wounds to his head, arms and back, an 18-year-old youth knifed twice in the chest and another 19-year-old had stab wounds to the neck,back and leg.
One insider told the Evening Standard: 'Whenever there are high-profile events such as this these gangs meet to show their muscle, to fight to see who is the most powerful.
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