The incident unfolded at the White Hart Hotel in Launceston late on April 3, during the pub's weekly DJ evening. According to Daily Express - UK News, a staff member described one person taking out a belt and trying to hit people with it. Multiple people suffered minor facial injuries after smokers outside the pub were attacked by a group of five people without known reason or cause, and multiple people received minor injuries from the assault, as a witness described to Daily Express - UK News. The exact number of injured and their conditions remain unclear.
Police were called at 10:25pm on Friday, April 3 following a report of a group trying to gain entry to a licensed premises in Broad Street, Launceston, following an earlier altercation. It was reported the men had assaulted numerous people in the pub and damaged a door prior in the evening. Officers attended but the suspects had left, and enquiries are ongoing. No arrests have been made, and the suspects' identities and motives are unknown.
One took out a belt and tried to hit people with it.
Context indicates the venue's back door had been damaged, allegedly by the group trying to enter through it, though the specific damage is not detailed. A staff member claimed the group was stopped from entering the venue at approximately 10pm. Witnesses said the individuals had been at the pub before, and tensions have been building up for several weeks. The nature of the earlier altercation mentioned by police is also unknown.
Multiple people received minor injuries from the assault.