Shocking moment thugs armed with metal poles and cricket bats battle each other in the street as screaming bystanders try to separate them
- A man is hit over the head from behind with a cricket bat in the shocking footage
- Two people were taken to hospital after police arrived at the road in Walsall
- One man was arrested on suspicion of wounding and remains in custody
This is the shocking moment a mass brawl erupts in the middle of the street as a group of thugs start pummelling each other with cricket bats and metal poles.
Video captured by onlookers showed more than a dozen yobs fighting with weapons in a residential street in Walsall, West Midlands, at around 6.30pm on June 10.
In the footage a large crowd has gathered on a Lewis Street, Walsall, and are shouting at various divisions within the crowd and brandishing weapons such as cricket bats.
A mass brawl erupts in the middle of a residential street in Walsall, West Midlands, as a group of thugs scream at each other and brandish weapons such as cricket bats and metal poles
One woman walks down the street yelling at the fighters while blood runs down her face from her head
An injured man lies in the middle of the road being helped by members of the public, as several thugs prowl the street with cricket bats in hand.
A number of people are seen trying to drag people away from the crowd to try and calm down the situation.
One man was struck over the head with a cricket bat from behind and a woman was left with blood streaming down her face following the attack – which police are treating as a ‘targeted incident’.
Another man is also seen pointing and screaming down the road at another group of people.
The brawl was filmed on the street outside of the Croft Academy, an academy for primary school aged children.
One man is hit over the head with a cricket bat from behind (right-hand side) as another person lies in the road after being hit
A woman dressed in black desperately tries to drag one of the men wearing a black and red top away from the brawl
A second clip shows the rival groups charging at each other as women’s screams fill the air.
The thugs strike each other with poles and bats repeatedly, leaving one man lying sprawled on the tarmac.
Video of the brawl was published anonymously on social media on June 11 and has been viewed more than 15,000 times.
A 44-year-old man was arrested by police on suspicion of wounding and remains in police custody.
West Midlands Police said: ‘It’s understood that a large group of people were fighting in the street armed with bats and weapons.
‘On arrival four people were found to have suffered head injuries. Two of them remain in hospital but their conditions are not believed to be life-threatening.
One man waves around a yellow metal pole as he screeches down the street at another group of people
A second clip shows the rival groups charging at each other as women’s screams fill the air
Throughout the brawl several people try to drag some of the fighters away to try and calm the situation down
‘Our officers searched the area and seized a number of weapons including a knife and a cricket bat. CCTV is being looked at and house-to-house enquiries are taking place today.
‘Although the enquiry is still ongoing, we have already established that this was a targeted incident and the people involved were known to each other.’
Police ask anyone with information or who witnessed the violence should contact them on their Live Chat at www.west-midlands.police.co.uk between 8am and midnight or call 101 quoting the crime number 20WS/133965X/20.
A spokeswoman for West Midlands Ambulance Service said that three ambulances and a paramedic officer were sent to Lewis Road to help treat three identified patients.
They also said two men suffered potentially serious injuries and were taken to hospital and a woman was assessed at the scene but refused hospital treatment.