Hundreds of people started making their way towards police officers, yelling violent threats at them, in Yonge-Dundas Square late Saturday night.

“That situation was really intense,” said Shota Abaishvili who captured video of the incident. “There was maybe 200 people and the police were in the circle of the crowd,” he said.

Abaishvili said many of the people who were challenging the police were teenagers.

The incident occurred just after midnight, he said.

Nuit Blanche was taking place at the same time although there were no installations at Yonge-Dundas Square.

During the incident one person hurled a bottle at the police officers, hitting one of them.

“There was vodka bottles and a lot of young kids drinking and using drugs,” he said. “That is why police wanted to disband them.”

WARNING: Video contains language that some may find offensive.

Abaishvili said the police were trying to disband the crowd but it only made them more angry.

The large crowd kept inching closer to police and continued to yell obscenities at them.

Police then exited through the doors behind them and left on Dundas Street.

It is unclear what started the incident.

Earlier that night a stabbing occurred in that very spot.

Abaishvili said police reacted well and that they were trying to deescalate the situation but there should have been more police officers there to control the crowd.