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Boston: The Massachusetts city, home to one of the country’s largest Cape Verdean communities, will impose an overnight curfew ahead of Cape Verde’s World Cup match on Friday (Saturday AEST) after police said post-match celebrations were marred by shootings, stabbings and other violence, prompting city officials to call for help from the National Guard.
Brockton Mayor Moises Rodrigues announced what he called a “temporary safety curfew” in the Boston suburb at a news conference Wednesday. Cape Verde, an island country off the west coast of Africa that qualified for the World Cup for the first time this year, is scheduled to face Argentina on Friday in the qualifying stage of the tournament.
“The purpose of this curfew is to protect public safety, reduce criminal activity related to post-match celebrations, and allow police, fire and emergency personnel to effectively maintain order and respond to emergencies,” Rodrigues said.
The curfew will last from 10pm Friday to 5am Saturday in parts of Brockton, where thousands of people gathered after Cape Verde’s World Cup matches, taking to the streets of downtown to wave flags, dance and celebrate late into the night. No one will be allowed to enter businesses that serve alcohol after 19.00, and the last call will be made at 21.30.
