All-in brawl involving 100 people after the end of a great footy ending leaves a policeman in the hospital The incident happened around 17:00 Sunday at Ipswich in Queensland It broke out when police tried to arrest a man in a grand final rugby league A police officer senior was allegedly struck in the head during the fight 12 people were arrested, charged with serious assault two police A bout 100 people have gotten a police officer in the hospital and ended with 12 people arrested. The fight took place at the North Ipswich Reserve - west of Brisbane in Queensland - 5 pm on Sunday. Agents Queensland Police Service were trying to arrest a man in a football match and claim 'many others tried to intervene. While the man was being placed in a police vehicle, it is also alleged that a police officer senior was hit in the head, knocking him face down on a concrete gutter. Other police units were called to the scene to break up the fight and 12 people were arrested. Ipswich Police District Inspector Keith McDonald told the Daily Mail that Australia had stopped the first man, because he was acting 'inappropriately' after the game. "He was arrested and then things went downhill from there," he said. 'The members of his family and the people involved and then have swelled the crowd.' Viewers were the only ones involved in the brawl. Insp McDonald later told reporters that the man had been making obscene gestures to a group of people leaving the place and despite being asked by the police to stop, continued the behavior. That's when police arrested him for not obeying police instructions. "The rest of the family and other members of the crowd were involved in a continuous movement of harassment of police officers," he said. Insp McDonald said alcohol played a role in the incident and condemned those who were involved. "The police are not going to be punching bags or assaulted by members of the community," he said. He said the senior police officer who was hospitalized was "very lucky" he did not suffer more serious injuries. The chief constable was taken to St Andrews Private Hospital with facial injuries to the forehead, nose, right cheek and jaw, but has since been released. A total of eight people have been charged in connection with the incident and is unlikely more people are arrested after police review footage of the fight. A 25-year-old Redbank Plains, a 23-year-old from Kingston, were charged with two counts each of serious assault a police officer. Others who were arrested included a 25-year-old, a 19 year old, a 21 year old, a 25 year old, a 22 year old and a 22 year-old man. They were accused of obstructing police and public nuisance. It is expected that the group of people to appear in the Ipswich Magistrates Court on October 16. Police are also appealing if anyone witnessed the incident or take any sequence please contact them via Crime Stoppers or Police Link.

• published: 15 Sep 2014
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