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Adam Maidment & Steve Robson

Horrifying knife brawl breaks out in street in front of terrified bus passengers

A bus passenger captured the horror moment a terrifying knife brawl broke out in the street.

Shocking footage shows one man with a red cap and black clothing fighting three others outside a row of shops on the Stockport Road in Manchester.

At least one man appears to be stabbed during the sickening brawl which broke out on Thursday afternoon.

The three men - one armed with a large stick - and a man appear to be in a scuffle, before the lone man charges at one of the three and causes him to fall.

The man in the red cap then runs around the corner and is chased by the remaining two men.

A man in a red cap and black coat fought with three others in Levenshulme, Manchester (MEN MEDIA)

A bus passenger who filmed the fight as the 192 service went past said he saw one man with a small knife.

He told Manchester Evening News: "I was on the bus home from work and I saw an argument going on outside the chicken shop.

“I saw someone getting weapons out of the back of the boot and it looked like they were going to start fighting each other.

The lone man charges at one of the men in the trio (MEN MEDIA)

"One had a mop stick or something and I saw another guy had a small knife.

“It’s not the greatest thing to witness on your way home from work, it’s not what you want to see.

“I was just round the corner when the shooting happened last week."

Great Manchester Police had been contacted for comment, according to the news website.

There have been three shootings and a stabbing in the Levenshulme area of Manchester recently.

This shocking footage captures a knife brawl in a public street in Levenshulme (MEN MEDIA)

An 18-year-old man was shot in the leg outside a takeaway at the junction of the A6 Stockport Road and Matthews Lane on October 8.

Police have described the shooting as a targeted attack and the victim was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

In June 4, and an Audi Q7 car on Slade Lane. No one was injured but up to 15 shots were fired.

And in July, a man in his 40s was hit by a car and after reports of gunshots in Merlewood Avenue. 

A 22-year man later turned up at hospital with injuries to his head.

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