Gangs use 'combat knives' in large brawl in popular London suburb

These were the menacing scenes in a popular London nighttime destination as gangs of young men charged each other with knives, oblivious to anything around them.

The footage, captured in Shoreditch on Saturday night (November 16), shows the savage behaviour vividly as the filmer watches from his car.

Ricky Shea Lancaster, who filmed the event, said: "We were stuck in traffic when a fight breaks out outside our cab.

The fight instantly erupts into a brawl to which people start wielding knives, stabbing and slicing one another.

We saw at least 3 large combat knives be wielded and used."

Lancaster later added: "As we drove away the fight appeared to get bigger and I stopped recording. 5 minutes later into traffic the police drove past."