Fight breaks out in counting hall
A scuffle broke out at the Naxxar vote counting hall at 11.10 this evening, shattering the calm of what had otherwise been a quiet, if tiring day. The circumstances of the incident, behind the perspex of Table Six, were not immediately clear, although...
A scuffle broke out at the Naxxar vote counting hall at 11.10 this evening, shattering the calm of what had otherwise been a quiet, if tiring day.
The circumstances of the incident, behind the perspex of Table Six, were not immediately clear, although it appeared that in involved a PL request for a recount of 33 votes. The recount was made and nothing wrong was found.
Policemen quickly rushed in to separate Labour and Nationalist supporters. PL president Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi was among those seen trying to calm down supporters.
Calm was restored after a few minutes but then two separate arguments broke out further down the corridor, the most serious one stemming from insistence by a Labour representative that NET TV filming should stop. Those involved were also quickly calmed down, with Labour MP Carmelo Abela blaming everything on tiredness.