THIS is the horrifying moment a thug pulled out a machete during a mass brawl in the middle of a residential street.
The brawl broke out on Showell Green Lane in Sparkhill, Birmingham at around 7.30pm on August 13.
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One of the men involved in the fight is wielding a machete, which he uses to try and stab two of the men.
He can be seen in the video wearing a grey sweatshirt and black track suit bottoms.
Several men are forcefully pushed into cars lining the residential street.
The man rushes into the fight, knife drawn, as he tries to slash at a man wearing a white vest.
It appears to strike him on the back before the assailant walks away from the brawl.
As a group of men tumble to the ground during the fight, the knife-wielding thug can be seen standing near the bus stop.
He begins waving the knife in the air as the fight escalates.
Once some of the men get up from the ground and start walking away, the man with the knife rushes towards the two still struggling.
Another man intervenes, moving him to the other side of the road as the fight breaks apart.
A backlog of cars has piled up as the mass brawl blocks the road.
Others motorists were forced to swerve around the men, with blaring horns heard in the video.
The cause of the fight is currently unknown after it broke out in a garden, with other men brawling in the road.
Thankfully, nobody was seriously injured despite attempts by the man wielding the weapon.
One unnamed witness said: “It was like a Wild West saloon brawl, there were bodies everywhere as the men rolled around the ground fighting.”
They said that the men had been “talking in a quite animated way” before the fight broke out.
“From then on it was just carnage. All hell broke loose. There were fights breaking out all over the place.”
They added that the area is mostly populated by families, and that fighting like this is “pretty shameful”.
Although the witness didn’t see the weapon during the fight, he said after seeing the video: “It’s frightening to think that there are morons like this walking around with weapons – he could easily have killed someone or caused them serious injury.”
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Another resident said that they were afraid to go out at night because of how dangerous the streets have become.
Witnesses in the video can be heard criticising the group.
One can be heard saying “Take the beef home” while another adds “F***ing stupid”.
The fight ends just as quickly as it began, with most of the men driving away.
Following the brawl, a West Midlands Police spokesperson said that four men, aged 23, 22, and two aged 20, had been arrested on suspicion of violent disorder.
They have since been bailed with strict conditions while enquiries continue.
Police have asked witnesses to come forward.
Anyone with information should contact 101 quoting crime number 20/342846/25.
Alternatively, you can contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.
West Midlands Police have also increased patrols in the area.
