UK: Young gang armed with a machete outside cinema complex as brawl breaks out

11/29/2019

A shocking photograph showing a young gang armed with a machete outside a cinema complex has been circulated on social media after a brawl broke out and police officers were attacked. Pockets of fighting erupted in a 100-strong crowd at Star City cinema in Birmingham this afternoon after a 'group of people arrived with machetes'.

Several arrests were made and police officers were assaulted as they descended on the scene armed with guard dogs at 5.30pm. It has also been alleged that they were carrying tasers. Families and young children were at the cinema to see Frozen 2.

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