Burgess Park

One said Burgess Park in Camberwell is 'due to be a horror movie' on June 2, while another user wrote 'whoever's going to Burgess Park, tell ur mum you love her ...

‘This has been fed into our local policing plan which covers the entire bank holiday weekend and a visible policing presence will be seen in Burgess Park, and other key areas across Lambeth and Southwark over the course of the weekend. Initial reports of a stabbing proved to be incorrect but a section 60 order, which gives the police the right to stop and search people in the area, was enforced and weapons found. A funfair held in the park started last week and is due to run throughout the Platinum Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend.

A number of people on TikTok have warned others not go to Burgess Park in South London on 2nd June after rumours of planned violence.

A funfair is planned for a number of days over the Jubilee weekend in Burgess Park. It’s not clear where the rumours of an alleged fight started from, however, the Metropolitan Police is aware of the online rumours. TikTok users are saying the alleged “postcode war” will be like a “horror film” and for people to tell their mums they “love her” before they go to the park. People on TikTok are warning others about attending Burgess Park in Peckham this Thursday 2nd June after a number of videos went viral suggesting planned violence was going to take place at the park.

GANG MEMBERS are reportedly planning a day of mass violence - including an acid attack - at a large park during the busy bank holiday weekend over 'a ...

Hopefully the met police see this and get the park closed or get enough officers there to safeguard these young people." Parents and families have been warned about the friction between gangs in Camberwell, south London, which have shared threats online ahead of the Platinum Jubilee weekend. Young people are being encouraged to turn up with knives, imitation guns, machetes, etc.

Users have taken to the social media platform to claim that an attack is due to take place in south London on the Jubilee weekend.

“Guys don’t go Burgess Park on June the second as there is going to be a war with two gangs with guns, knives and acid... Several users – many of them school age - have taken to the social media platform to voice their concerns about a reported planned confrontation in Burgess Park on Thursday, June 2. Users have taken to the social media platform to claim that an attack is due to take place in south London on the Jubilee weekend

The threat of violence will mean an increased police presence in a south London park, the Met Police has said. Ahead of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee weekend ...

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