12 arrested over violent clashes in Adelaide

SA Police say 12 men and a boy have been arrested over a series of skirmishes and confrontations in Adelaide's CBD early this morning, but none of them have been charged with murder of a man found on North Terrace.

The man died about 2 am after being found near the corner of West Terrace.

He was a 25-year-old from Victoria, police said.

Assistant Commissioner John Venditto said eight people had been arrested over weapons offences, two were arrested over an aggravated assault at the Nairobi Affair Lounge in March, one over an aggravated assault in Salisbury last month and another had outstanding bench warrants.

Another man was arrested for breach of bail.

Assistant Commissioner Venditto said two groups appear to have been involved in a series of skirmishes and confrontations between themselves, but that did not mean there was no threat to the public.

The threat to the public is there because when they confront each other, look what happens, he said.

They've got bladed weapons, they've got other weapons, and the threat is also there to the frontline police who respond quickly and not always in numbers, and sometimes we might be outnumbered, so the threat to the public is there. More to come.