Broadstairs: Witness tells of dramatic moment police swooped in to arrest five people in town's High Street
14:00, 31 March 2016
updated: 14:00, 31 March 2016
A witness has told of the moment she saw people being pepper sprayed and arrested in Broadstairs last night.
A man is thought to have been injured in an assault in the town.
The attack happened at a property in the High Street just before 6.30pm.
Katrina Solley, 25, of Queens Road, said: "There were seven police cars, three vans and an ambulance all outside.
"I think it started in the property above the bank, I could hear people shouting and swearing and then we went outside to look.
"Four men were arrested and so was a woman, we watched them get pepper sprayed."
Police spokesman James Walker said: "Police responded to an incident in High Street, Broadstairs.
"A man was reportedly assaulted at a private address and police were called at 6.20pm.
"A woman was arrested on suspicion of assault, three men for affray and one man for obstruction. Enquiries are ongoing."
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