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Edinburgh Live
Edinburgh Live
National
Kris Gourlay

Brawl erupts outside Edinburgh city centre beer garden in front of shocked locals

A brawl broke out at a busy beer garden in Edinburgh's city centre as several people were seen fighting around shocked customers.

An eye witness passing Princes Street captured the shocking incident which took place at the Edinburgh Waverley Festival Village shortly before 6pm on Saturday, June 24.

Footage of the incident shows several men and women involved in a fight as several people are hauled to the ground in front of dozens of onlookers.

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Several men are seen crashing through a plastic protective wall on the outside of one of the beer gardens, landing in front of punters sitting at tables.

According to an eye witness, several punches were thrown as one man was 'laid into' before being pushed into the bushes. Security then rushed over to break up the brawl.

They added: "One guy ran towards another one throwing punches and laying into him before he pushed him into the bushes.

"A couple more had jumped in and then there were about five to seven men involved, one threw a bottle in one of the guy’s faces and a couple of security guards were scrambling to break it up while dozens of tourists and locals watched."

It is currently unknown if there were any serious injuries.

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