Police seek footage of rush hour fight - which saw one man wielding a machete

Officers said a fight had broken out between two groups of men in London Road at 5.45pm yesterday (September 19), with one man reportedly wielding a machete.

Police said a man of Asian appearance, wearing white trousers and a black top, was wielding an axe and glass bottles were being thrown, before the two groups got into separate cars believed to be a black BMW and a Ford Focus.

Detective Inspector Simon Morgan said: “These two groups of men were involved in a serious altercation on a busy road during rush hour. We would like to speak to anyone who witnessed the incident or has any video footage of it.”

If you witnessed the incident or have any information, report it online or call 101 quoting reference 1178 of 19/09.

Update: Initial reports by Sussex Police said officers were looking for footage of a man wielding an axe. Police have since said this has been discounted after viewing CCTV footage of the area, and said the item in question was a machete.