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Jaimie Kay

Dramatic group machete fight on Harehills street caught in broad daylight footage

New footage shows the moment a group of men fought with machetes in the middle of a Leeds street earlier this week.

At around 5.25pm, West Yorkshire Police (WYP) were called to Roundhay Road, Harehills, on Tuesday March 7, after residents shared their concern. A group of men were reportedly fighting with machetes in the street.

Footage shared by YappApp shows masked men in black clothing swinging large knives at one another outside a Ladbrokes on Roundhay Road in broad daylight. Further footage shows one man running away from the scene as he is chased by two others.

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Armed police swarmed the area, but upon their arrival, they found the suspects were no longer there. WYP are conducting enquiries and would like anyone who witnessed the incident to come forward.

A spokesperson for WYP said on Tuesday: "At 5.25pm today, police received a report of a disturbance involving males with machetes in Roundhay Road, Harehills. Armed officers were deployed to the area and no suspects were present.

"Enquiries into the incident are continuing. Anyone with information that may assist is asked to contact Leeds District CID on 101, or by using the 101LiveChat facility, quoting log 1388 of 7 March. Information can also be reported anonymously to the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555111 or online."

The incident comes just days after Leeds and YorkshireLive launched its bin the knife campaign.

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