Tensions erupted Thursday morning as thousands of Muslims waited in line for Eid prayers, which were moved indoors due to inclement weather, rather than outdoors a park. Organisers of Eid in the Park in Manchester planned to host prayers in the large Platt Fields Park to mark the beginning of Aid Al Fitr following the end of Ramadan. But the recent torrential rain and 'waterlogged grounds' forced them to move it indoors to the Platt Lane Complex instead. Eid in the Park is one of the biggest gatherings of its type in the north, with more than 20,000 people believed to have attended since it began in 2017. In 2022, over 18,000 attended. And today, thousands of people were fighting to enter the complex, with six staff members - five men and a woman - having to work together to force the entrance gate shut on the agitated crowd. Drone footage shows the packed queue stretching on for miles, as far as it could see.