Police call for discussions after officers injured during Celtic celebrations

Police Scotland has called for “urgent discussions” after officers were injured while dispersing crowds in the Trongate area of Glasgow, where Celtic fans gathered to celebrate the club’s Scottish Premiership title win.

Some 3,000 supporters congregated in the area on Saturday to celebrate their team’s victory over Hearts.

Officers had “missiles, including glass bottles” thrown at them while assisting with a medical emergency, police said.

Assistant Chief Constable Mark Sutherland said: “Urgent discussions with Celtic, wider Scottish football authorities and other stakeholders, including Glasgow City Council, is required to achieve a solution that improves public safety, reduces disruption and prevents this from happening again.”

Police Scotland officers dealt with unacceptable violence and hostility as fans gathered in Glasgow on Saturday, 16 May, to celebrate Celtic’s Premiership title win.

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He added: “Once again, we have seen unacceptable levels of violence and anti-social behaviour and Police Scotland’s officers have been left to deal with the consequences. Being assaulted is not part of the job and regrettably a number of them were injured.

“The levels of criminal behaviour witnessed, in particular the hostility directed towards our officers, is simply unacceptable and cannot be tolerated. Those involved should be in no doubt that they will be identified and arrested.”

By around 7.30pm, the streets were mostly empty, though large amounts of rubbish had been left behind.

Streets were awash with green and white as fans streamed