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This is the terrifying second a gaggle of armed thugs tried to invade a London pub and rob its prospects.
The gang are seen making an attempt to enter The Marquis Cornwallis pub close to Russell Square station on Friday, February 9.
Two of the thugs will be seen wielding baseball bats, as they retreat from the premises after being chased out by offended prospects.
During the footage, one particular person will be heard shouting: ‘He’s obtained a weapon!’, earlier than the group is recorded operating down the highway away from the pub.
One buyer is believed to have been hit on the pinnacle by one of many bats earlier than the gang fled from the scene.
The Metropolitan Police and the pub have been approached for a remark.
The gang are seen making an attempt to enter The Marquis Cornwallis pub close to Russell Square station on Friday, February 9
During the footage, one particular person will be heard shouting: ‘He’s obtained a weapon!’, earlier than the group is recorded operating down the highway away from the pub
Two of the thugs will be seen wielding baseball bats, as they retreat from the premises as they’re chased out by offended prospects
The footage has shocked numerous social media customers, as considerations proceed to develop over individuals’s security within the capital.
One individual commented : ‘Not secure anyplace’, whereas one other stated: ‘Getting worse and worse’.
Elsewhere, footage has emerged of a thief overtly steals a person’s automobile whereas the proprietor makes a determined try and cease him by leaping on the bonnet.
The clip exhibits a thief reversing a black BMW down Romford Road in East London final evening.
A person sporting an orange jumper will be seen on the bonnet of the BMW whereas onlookers shout ‘get off the automobile’.
At least 4 individuals additionally chased the automobile down the highway on foot and one other onlooker will be heard shouting ‘what the f***’.
On Friday, new figures confirmed muggings in London West End have tripled within the final two years, prompting considerations the crime wave threatens its way forward for buying districts widespread with rich vacationers.
The variety of thefts from an individual within the space round Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square elevated to 2,806 final 12 months, in comparison with 796 in 2021.
Theft, which incorporates pick-pocketing and shoplifting, at present makes up round 60 per cent of crime within the West End.
The figures have been compiled by the Heart of London Business Alliance, which represents 600 native retailers, eating places and property homeowners.
Nickie Aiken, the MP for the Cities of London and Westminster, known as for extra police on the streets – as she warned the state of affairs had worsened for the reason that pandemic.