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PapaSkin
01-15-2007, 10:30 AM
Race hate has been blamed for a clash of armed youths in a Masterton street early yesterday morning with some residents fearing gang involvement. Witnesses said the brawl erupted about 2.30am after a group of Maori youths, claiming affiliation with the Nomad gang, targeted a house known to residents as a "skinhead hangout." About a dozen young men were involved in the clash at the intersection of Villa and Perry streets, witnesses said, with some combatants armed with golf clubs. Senior Sergeant Warwick Burr of Masterton police confirmed that the fight had broken out between a group of Maori and pakeha, but said the clash did not involve gangs. READ MORE...

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