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Moment car ploughs into bare-chested thugs brawling on street with machetes in bizarre broad-daylight carnage

Moment car ploughs into bare-chested thugs brawling on street with machetes in bizarre broad-daylight carnage

The Irish Sun28-05-2025

HORRIFYING footage shows the moment a car ploughed into machete-wielding thugs brawling on the street in broad daylight.
The bare-chested yobs were captured on camera fighting on Clements Place in Dundee, Scotland.
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The brawl erupted on a street in Dundee yesterday
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Two groups of men threw punches in the chaotic brawl
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A car then ploughed into a man and threw him into a lamppost
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As many as eight people were involved in the brutal street fight as shocked motorists watched on in horror.
A number of thugs were armed with metal poles and machetes as the scrap spilled across a pavement outside residential properties at around 1.40pm yesterday.
The aggression escalates and one of the men wearing an orange hi-vis top punches another one before starting to fight him and another man.
A fourth man then begins wielding what appears to be a metal pole and hits the hi-vis man in the back.
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He then starts swinging it at another group of men waiting at a nearby van.
More men wearing hi-vis vests then pour out the vehicle and chase after the guy with the pole.
He is then knocked to the ground by the man who threw the first punch, and is repeatedly punched and kicked by two others.
As one of the group leaps into the white van, the Mini reverses, smashing into the side of it during the wild scenes.
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A car engine and screeching tyres are then heard as a grey
The motor speeds between the van and another parked car and hits a man wearing a yellow hi-vis vest.
A loud thud is heard as he hits the bonnet of the car before being thrown against a nearby lamppost and falling to the ground.
One man then picks up the metal pole and smashes the van's windscreen with it.
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The motor speeds between the van and another parked car and hits a man wearing a yellow hi-vis vest.
The van then speeds away from the scene before two of the group jump into the Mini and lead chase as the clip ends.
It's understood the area was sealed off by officers following the incident last night.
A 24-year-old man was rushed to Ninewells Hospital after the rammy broke out.
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The condition of the injured man is not currently known.
Officers have also confirmed that a burnt-out vehicle, believed to be the Mini, was discovered in the nearby Baldovan Woods area at around 4.10pm on Tuesday.
Cops are currently probing whether this was linked to the earlier disturbance and their enquiries are ongoing.
Detective Inspector Craig Kelly said: 'This type of violence has no place on our streets and we are following positive lines of enquiry to identify and arrest those responsible.
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'There will be an increased police presence in the area as the investigation continues.
'We are aware of videos circulating on social media and would ask anyone with information, footage, or who witnessed the incident, to please contact police.
'If you believe you can assist our investigation, or you have any further concerns, please call 101 quoting reference 1587. Alternatively, you can call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111, if you wish to remain anonymous.'
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "Detectives are following extensive positive lines of enquiry following reports of a disturbance involving weapons and a vehicle in the St Clement Place area of Dundee.
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"The incident took place around 1.40pm on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. A 24-year-old man was taken to Ninewells Hospital for treatment as a result.
"A further report was received of a burnt-out vehicle found in the Baldovan Woods area around 4.10pm on Tuesday, May 27, 2025.
"Enquiries to establish whether this is related to the earlier disturbance are ongoing."
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Two groups of men threw punches before another grabbed a metal pole
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