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Crowd disarms knife-wielding woman at Malaysia water festival

South China Morning Post · · 129 words · By The Star
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“A woman carrying a knife has been arrested after being tackled by the crowd during the Rain Rave Water Music Festival in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday night.”
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Three independent web search results confirm that a woman was arrested for brandishing/carrying a knife at the Rain Rave Water Music Festival in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday night (May 2).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Coachella (officially called the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and sometimes known as Coachella Festival) is an annual music and arts festival held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Califor…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Electronic dance music (EDM), also referred to as dance music or club music, is a broad range of percussive electronic music genres originally made for nightclubs, raves, and festivals. It is generall…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts (commonly referred to as simply Glastonbury Festival, known colloquially as Glasto) is a five-day festival of contemporary performing arts held…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glastonbury_Festival
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“In a viral video, a man can be seen attempting to disarm the woman.”
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Multiple sources mention a viral video of the incident. Specifically, one source describes a video showing a woman 'trying to stab man' and another mentions a viral video of the public restraining her, which implies the action of disarming/subduing her.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Coachella (officially called the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and sometimes known as Coachella Festival) is an annual music and arts festival held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Califor…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Electronic dance music (EDM), also referred to as dance music or club music, is a broad range of percussive electronic music genres originally made for nightclubs, raves, and festivals. It is generall…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts (commonly referred to as simply Glastonbury Festival, known colloquially as Glasto) is a five-day festival of contemporary performing arts held…
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“Several others from the crowd, along with security personnel, then joined in to restrain her until the police arrived.”
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Three separate web sources explicitly state that the woman was tackled/restrained by festival-goers (the crowd) and security personnel until police arrived.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Electronic dance music (EDM), also referred to as dance music or club music, is a broad range of percussive electronic music genres originally made for nightclubs, raves, and festivals. It is generall…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016), known mononymously as Prince, was an American singer, songwriter, musician, dancer, actor, and filmmaker. Often being credited as one of the great…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Woodstock 1999 (also known as Woodstock ‘99) was a music festival held from July 22 to July 25, 1999, in Rome, New York, United States. After Woodstock '94, it was the second large-scale music festiva…
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“Kuala Lumpur police chief Fadil Marsus reportedly confirmed the arrest of the 28-year-old woman for possession of a weapon.”
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Three independent web sources confirm that Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Fadil Marsus confirmed the arrest of a 28-year-old woman for possession of a weapon.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Royal Malaysia Police (often abbreviated RMP; Malay: Polis Diraja Malaysia, PDRM; Jawi: ڤوليس دراج مليسيا‎) is a primarily uniformed national and federal police force of Malaysia. The force is a c…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wee Meng Chee (Chinese: 黃明志; pinyin: Huáng Míngzhì; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ûiⁿ Bêng-chì; born 6 May 1983), better known by his stage name Namewee (), is a Malaysian hip hop recording artist, composer, filmmaker …
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web search NEUTRAL — Police Confirm Arrest, Praise Quick Action. According to Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Fadil Marsus, the woman was arrested on the spot and is currently being held for possession of a weapon. She is…
https://www.freepressjournal.in/world/malaysia-rain-rave-hor…
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