Violence Erupts at Pumpkin Festival

Violent disturbances near Keene State College in New Hampshire, during an annual pumpkin festival lasted until early Sunday and involved dozens of arrests and injuries, as well as police in riot gear using tear gas to disperse crowds.

According to the Daily Freeman, Keene State student Ellery Murray said that she was at a party Saturday that had drawn a large crowd when people started throwing things.

“People were just throwing everything they could find — rocks, skateboards, buckets, pumpkins,” “People just got too drunk.”

The parties around the school coincided with the annual Keene Pumpkin Festival, where the community tries to set a world record of the largest number of carved and lighted jack-o-lanterns in one place.

At least 30 people were injured near the school before evening Saturday, and 20 of them were taken to hospitals