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Shocking moment woman is knocked out after being hit in the head with a chair while brawl breaks out at an Ibiza hotel poolside

Shocking moment woman is knocked out after being hit in the head with a chair while brawl breaks out at an Ibiza hotel poolside

Daily Mail​5 hours ago

A chaotic poolside brawl broke out at a hotel in Ibiza leaving one woman unconscious after she was hit in the head with a chair.
Raging tourists holidaying at the Marco Polo hotel in San Antonio started aggressively yelling at each other.
One women then suddenly dropped to the floor after being walloped by a plastic chair.
Despite her collapse the fight continued while she lay on the ground unmoving.
During the fall, she collided with one of the instigators, who subsequently fell in the pool.
In another act of aggression, a chair was thrown at a second man, and the impact resulted in him also falling into the pool.
The two men in the pool continued to verbally fight with a pair standing poolside.
Outraged, one of them grabbed another chair and slammed it down on the head of the first man that fell in the pool.
Raging tourists holidaying at the Marco Polo hotel in San Antonio started yelling at each other
A group of lifeguards and security attempted to intervene but were ignored.
Instead, the two hurt tourists remained in the pool while their opposition continuously mocked them.
The viral video was captioned: 'The chaos was temporary. The memories? Permanent.'
One user commented: 'Can smell the Stella, Joop and British passports from here.'
It comes as thousands of locals marched across Spain last week to tell Brits to 'go home' as part of widespread protests against so-called 'over tourism'.
Activists claim more than 30,000 people took to the streets of Palma de Mallorca and Ibiza to voice their frustrations about the impact of tourism on the island.
Protesters were heard chanting slogans against Airbnb and 'guiris' - the Spanish slang term used to describe Brits and other foreigners.
Footage shows Brits visibly shocked by the demonstrations, while some tourists were seen taking refuge on their accommodation balconies.

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