Metallica Fans Run Riot

A Metallica concert in Columbia on Wednesday started with a riot outside the venue which resulted in more than 150 arrests.

Sky News reports that the band’s show in Bogota featured a 30,000 capacity crowd, but hundreds more outside the venue tried to force their way in by smashing through the fences and gates. When police turned up a 45 minute riot ensued which saw 160 people arrested and eight people injured – four of them police officers.

"Those people that did not get in wanted to get in by force," said Ruben Castillo, a local police chief. "The presence of police and riot teams was necessary because these misfits - there's no other name for them - damaged some windows in the surrounding area."

The show was Metallica’s first in the country since 1999.

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