USA: Riots broke out in New York to meet social media celebrity, vehicles vandalized, many injured
According to US media, a crowd of about 2,000 youths gathered at Union Square in lower Manhattan to see the famous YouTuber and receive gifts.
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On Friday, there was an atmosphere of chaos and riots on the streets of New York, USA. In fact, a large crowd of youths had gathered on the streets and soon a fight and stone pelting started there. Many people were injured and vehicles were vandalized. All this happened with a message from a social media celebrity or rather a social media influencer.
What is the matter?
According to reports, famous YouTuber Kai Senat went live on Instagram in a video and said that he will meet his fans in lower Manhattan and give them gifts. In these gifts, Kai Senat talked about giving Play Station 5. This video of Kai Senat went viral as soon as it was posted and a large number of youths started gathering at the place mentioned by the YouTuber. Let us tell you that Kai Senat has millions of subscribers on various social media platforms.
Thousands of people gathered
According to US media, a crowd of about 2,000 youths gathered at Union Square in lower Manhattan to see the famous YouTuber and receive gifts. According to media reports, as the crowd of thousands gathered, some youths pelted stones at the crowd and the police. Due to which there was a stampede. Many people were injured in stone pelting. In view of the riot situation, a large number of police forces were deployed.
Many arrested
New York City Police Chief Geoffrey Madere says the situation got out of control and a number of people were injured. Later, the police managed to control the situation by dispersing the crowd. Many youths have been arrested on the charges of this riot. YouTuber Kai Senat has also been taken in for questioning but has not yet been taken into custody.