Moment thugs use huge STICKS & baseball bats as weapons as brawl erupts on busy high street in broad daylight

THIS is the moment a brawl between thugs armed with sticks broke out in the middle of a busy road.

At least five men were involved in the attack which took place on Station Road in Harrow, London.

Video footage shows a group of five men attacking each other with batsJam Press Two of the men get into a fist fight while another is knocked to the groundJam Press The boys run away after spotting a police van had arrivedJam Press

Shocking footage shows the men punching and hitting each other with lumps of wood.

Standing on the island of a busy crossing in front of rows of shops, the men push each other into the road, blocking a bus.

In the intense video two men dressed in tracksuits can be seen getting into a punch up with three other hooded thugs as they attacked each other with bats.

One man was being rugby tackled to the ground when a police van showed up and the thugs reportedly ran away.

Footage begins as the men are already involved in the fight, wielding large sticks as they repeatedly hit one another.

As the fighting continues the group breaks up as footage clearly shows two of the boys getting into a fist fight.

Meanwhile, the three remaining boys get in the way of a police van as they are pushed into the road.

Despite one of the boys having been knocked to the ground, they quickly get their footing and run away from the police.

As soon as the two boys still fighting notice the police car, they also quickly run away.

The three boys run in the same direction, while the other two disperse in the opposite direction.

Locals responded to the incident with concern for Harrow’s youth population.

One said: “What happened to youth clubs?”

While another added: “Harrow used to be okay.

“Never realised you can now watch amateur UFC uncaged there.

“Great idea for getting youths off the streets, causing trouble.”

A third person said: “Those two lads just standing there punching each other and then both stopping at the same time to run once the police arrived was hilarious to see.”

Some used the opportunity to express disappointment at their poor fighting technique.

Others didn’t express much concern at all, as one said: “Hate to say it but the two lads at the end were having a good scrap, no harm in it I suppose.”

None of the boys seemed particularly affected by the fight.

The Sun has approached the Metropolitan Police for comment.