Moment two sword-wielding males have machete struggle in center of avenue in newest surprising incident in lawless London
A shocking video shows two sword-wielding men having a machete fight in the middle of a London street on Friday night.
One of the men takes a downward swing at the other with a huge 2ft-long blade as his adversary – also holding a huge machete – steps back.
About 10 other men, all clad in black, are involved in the running battle up the street.
The terrifying scene took place on Wick Road, Homerton in Hackney, north London.
Motorists were forced to slow down as the armed brawl spilled into the road.
A white Ford Fiesta can be seen slowly driving by in one direction, then another car and a grey VW Gold passed going the opposite way.
The harrowing 20-second video, taken by a member of the public on their mobile phone and uploaded to X (formerly Twitter), shows the first man back away, still brandishing his weapon.
This is just the latest brutal incident in London’s knife crime horror show.
A shocking video shows two sword-wielding men having a machete fight in the middle of a London street on Friday night
The harrowing 20-second video was taken by a member of the public on their mobile phone and uploaded to X (formerly Twitter)
The terrifying scene took place on Wick Road in Hackney, north London
Just a few months ago in October, a similarly chilling video showed two men having a machete fight in broad daylight in the middle of the High Street in East Ham, east London.
Knife crime is on the rise in London, with 15,016 offences recorded in 2023/24, up from 12,786 the year before, a 17.4% rise.
It is the highest number of offences since 2019/2020, after which there was a significant drop during the Covid pandemic, followed by a steady annual increase.
According to the Crime in England and Wales 2024 report, around 30% of knife-enabled crime was recorded by the Metropolitan Police Service.
Sadiq Khan, previously MP for Tooting in south London, became the Mayor of London in May 2016, followed by re-elections in 2021 and 2024.
As Mayor, he is responsible for policing, but during his time in City Hall, London has been dubbed the ‘knife crime capital’ and the Met Police has been forced into special measures.
Sir Sadiq was accused of ‘losing control’ on crime in the city, with a reported 38% increase in knife offences since he took office.
The Labour politician received a knighthood in this year’s New Year Honours list, sparking knife crime campaigners to argue it is ‘an insult’ to victims’ families.
Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan has been criticised for failing to to deal with London’s knife crime epidemic
The fight in Hackney is just the latest knife crime incident of thousands that take place each year
Suzanne Hedges, whose son was stabbed to death by a teenager in 2016, told the Daily Telegraph: ‘It’s insulting, degrading and disrespectful to families that have lost someone to knife crime.’
Courtney Barrett, of the Binning Knives Saves Lives group, added: ‘The knighthood is an insult, and I speak for 20 families of murder victims who I work closely with.’
Mr Philp, MP for Croydon South in the capital, had previously said: ‘Under Sadiq Khan Londoners have faced a 61% increase in knife crime, a housing crisis and a 70% increase in council tax.
‘They will rightly be furious his track record of failure is being rewarded.’
Matthew Goodwin-Freeman, a Conservative councillor in Harrow, set up a Change.org petition which described a city which ‘now stands divided thanks to Khan’s polarizing politics’.
It reads: ‘London’s crime rate has seen a marked increase during his tenure with knife crime reaching record heights in recent years.
‘Despite being in a position to enact change, Khan continues to ignore these grave issues, instead placing blame elsewhere rather than taking decisive action himself.’
The Metropolitan Police has been approached for comment.
