Seven men were arrested after a mass brawl involving a “blade” in a Middlesbrough street.
The fight, involved at least 15 people and started just before 1pm on St Aiden’s Drive, close to Tesco Express on Linthorpe Road, in Middlesbrough, yesterday.
Police said three men were taken to hospital with head injuries. A weapon, believed to be a machete was recovered from a nearby church rooftop.
Police said all injuries were “minor and not believed to be life-threatening.”
A spokesperson for Cleveland Police said: “We were called to a large fight on St Aiden’s Drive involving a blade.
“Three are currently at hospital receiving treatment for minor injuries.”
Witnesses said they saw a weapon being recovered from the rooftop of Middlesbrough Community Church and a man, covered in blood, being put into an ambulance.
A woman who works at a salon on Clifton Street said she made a call to police after a client told her “loads of people” were fighting outside the shop.
She said: “One of our clients shouted that people were fighting outside. I saw loads of people running around and two people fighting.
“I went to the door and phoned the police who said they were already on their way.
“It was absolute chaos, people were throwing dog chains around and it looked as though one man had been hit badly, blood was pouring from his head.”
Seven men were arrested in connection with the incident, all on suspicion of affray.
Scenes of crime officers were also on scene, where a trail of blood could be seen leading from a house on Clifton Street. A hat was left on the ground as evidence.
A spokesman from Cleveland Fire Brigade said: “We were called at 1.11pm at the request of the police to retrieve a weapon from a roof.”
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