Facebook Flashmob of the Day: A German teen named Thessa pulled a Kate Miller and inadvertently listed her birthday party as a public event on Facebook, prompting 15,000 to RSVP.
A cancellation notice went unheeded, and several hundreds showed up to celebrate Thessa’s Sweet 16. The birthday girl herself, however, was nowhere to be found, having split just before the revelers arrived.
“It was by and large a peaceful party,” said Hamburg Police spokesman Mirko Streiber. “There were some fires set alight, some acts of violence and with considerable alcohol consumption there was some property damage. There have been larger organised birthday parties in Hamburg but this may be the largest unorganised birthday party ever.”
