A brawl broke out in a multiplex in the center of Saint-Étienne on Saturday afternoon during the screening of the film
Creed III
, leading to the stoppage of the session and the evacuation of the room by the police, a-t- we learned on Sunday from the latter and the operator of the cinema.
Since the release on Wednesday of the American film
Creed III
, which takes place in the middle of boxing, several media have reported the intervention of the police in cinemas in France to put an end to clashes between young people, of which a video has especially circulating on social networks.
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In Saint-Étienne, Saturday afternoon, "
among the more than 300 people present in the room, the police arrested about twenty, noting their identities before releasing them
," said an official of the Megarama multiplex.
“
We were unable to restore calm.
The intervention of the police was necessary to put an end to the fights with throwing bottles, one of which hit the head of one of our security guards
,” he added.
In July 2021, the Saint-Etienne theater had experienced a similar precedent on the occasion of the release of the American film
Fast & Furious 9.
A projectionist operator had been "
seriously
" injured in the head while trying to restore calm, according to the same source. .
To date, "
he still has not returned to work
", we concluded.