Police chiefs are increasing the number of foot patrols around the Cabot Circus shopping centre to reassure shoppers and diners after a 'feral mob' of up to 100 teenage yobs ran amok through the centre on Saturday. Avon and Somerset police are also appealing for people who see footage on social media of the scenes inside the centre, and on Penn Street outside the main entrance, on Saturday evening to get in touch with them.
Eyewitnesses reported their shock as the large group of young people swarmed around the centre, flocking to incidents of violence that included a teenage girl beating up another, and a group of yobs kicking a man in the head after knocking him to the ground.
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