Paceville New Year's Eve violence: 'I was covered in blood'

A young woman hoping for some New Year’s Eve fun was knocked unconscious when a bottle flew across a restaurant into her head during a violent brawl that broke out among dozens of diners. Police unholstered taser guns and wrestled people to the ground during the fracas, which was caught on video by civilian bystanders. At least three people sustained injuries and several people were arrested, the police said. The woman, a Lithuanian national who asked to remain anonymous, told Times of Malta that she was at Al Ustura restaurant in Paceville in the early hours of Friday for dinner, conversation and belly dancing. But not long after the countdown that rang in 2021, she found herself in the middle of a brawl involving about 50 diners. She said she suffered a head injury when a bottle was thrown across the room. “I lost consciousness and was covered in blood. My boyfriend carried me out of the premises and took me to Mater Dei Hospital himself. “The ambulance was taking too long to arrive and I was just left on the pavement,” the distraught woman said. She said that her party were about to leave the restaurant as the fight broke out but got caught in it before they managed to...