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2.11.2005
We love Swedish furniture

Now, I like Ikea as much as anybody else, but rioting to get your hands on a cheap sofa? I guess it was just too hard for London shoppers to turn down the promises of lower than usual prices at the new store opening:
"Video footage showed shoppers fighting over furniture - one man was pinned against a wall by a burly customer as they argued over a sofa - while others were stretchered into ambulances.

After 30 minutes the store was closed, staff holding up signs written in marker pen against the glass doors to announce the fact. The crowd refused to disperse and some tried to smash their way in.

More than 30 police tried to keep the peace amid fights between Ikea staff and shoppers. Firefighters freed trapped customers. Assistant Divisional Officer William Bird said: "I have not attended anything like this before." Traffic on the A406 seized up as people stuck in jams for more than an hour abandoned their cars."
And I thought holiday shopping was bad. Wow.



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