Pop Works: Eight taken to hospital after pepper spray released in club, police say

Eight radical were taken to infirmary aft suspected capsicum spray was discharged successful a nightclub successful Doncaster, constabulary person said.

Pop Works was evacuated aft respective radical reported feeling unwell astatine astir 05:00 BST connected Sunday.

Police said it had been a "terrifying ordeal" for those affected and they were trying to place those liable for spraying the chemical.

The metropolis centre venue said it was "deeply sorry" for the incident.

"This was a large eye-opener for america arsenic a concern and it was handled precise good - convey you to our doorway unit and management," the Silver Street venue's managers said successful a statement.

"We would similar to apologise to everyone who was wrong astatine the clip and who was progressive successful the incident.

"What a satellite we unrecorded successful that radical would marque businesses harder than it is successful this commercialized aft Covid."

The nine thanked constabulary and firefighters for responding to the incident.

South Yorkshire Police said 8 radical were taken to infirmary arsenic a precaution but each were aboriginal discharged unhurt.

The unit said a multi-agency probe had determined the substance was "more than apt a capsicum spray oregon thing similar".

Supt Peter Thorp added: "While our enquiries into this incidental stay ongoing, we privation to reassure the wider nationalist that this was thankfully a comparatively insignificant merchandise of thing akin to a capsicum spray, which didn't origin immoderate lasting injuries and the bulk of radical astatine the venue were unaffected.

"However, the information remains that whoever chose to bring that substance to the venue intelligibly did truthful to origin alarm oregon injury, and we are moving to place those responsible."

Police person urged witnesses oregon anyone with accusation to travel forward.

Ch Insp David Struggles, from the Doncaster territory bid team, said: "This benignant of offence volition origin interest among the assemblage and those who similar to usage the night-time system successful the city.

"We privation to get to the bottommost of what happened arsenic rapidly arsenic imaginable to easiness those fears and marque those who unrecorded successful oregon privation to usage the metropolis centre for leisure consciousness harmless and secure."