‘Get the police!’: Terrified passengers scatter as brawling yobs throw punches and insults in Gatwick airport arrivals hall before onlookers step in to separate them
- Two groups of men clashed at Gatwick’s north terminal at 7.50pm on Tuesday
- One witness said other passengers ‘were running off in terror, thinking the worst’
- Members of the public eventually step in to usher the groups toward the exit
Passengers at Gatwick Airport were forced to break up a fierce clash between two groups of men who started brawling in the arrivals hall.
Shocking footage shows the yobs throwing punches, spitting and shouting insults at each other during the fight which happened in the north terminal at 7.50pm on Tuesday.
One witness who recorded the fight but wished to remain anonymous said: ‘It was scary, punches were flying and one of the men had a bottle. People were running off in terror, thinking the worst.’
The scuffle was eventually broken up by onlookers who were able to separate the two groups.
The video starts as two men, both wearing grey tracksuit bottoms and black jackets, begin to size each other up.
They briefly move out of shot as their trainers squeak across the floor before they reappear, barging into each other and crashing into barrier next to the toilets.
A third man, dressed all in black, strides towards them and starts throwing punches.
One panicked woman in the background can be heard shouting ‘get the police’ before a man wearing a red jumper and lanyard walks between the fighting group.
Shocking footage shows two groups of men shouting, spitting and punching during a brawl outside the international arrivals at Gatwick airport north terminal on Tuesday night
The men then walk back around to the international arrivals exit and one of them shouts: ‘I’m gonna f*** you up bro,’ as they continue to pace around.
One of the men wearing grey tracksuit bottoms repeats ‘come outside’ before he appears to lunge at his off-screen opponent.
The groups begin to shout about where they are from with one saying ‘I’m from Camden bro, south Camden bro’ before the other replies ‘I’m Hackney bro, from Hackney.’
One of the group from Hackney then spits aggressively toward the rival group before saying: ‘I’m gonna f*** your mum.’
Members of the public start ushering the group toward the exit as they attempt to break up the fight.
A few seconds later the man from Hackney is pulled away by one of his friends.
One of the people involved throws some punches by the toilets (left) while worried travellers watch. The men then go back to shouting at each other (right), saying they’re from Camden and Hackney
The verbal clash continues as they head toward the exit before the group from Camden also leave with the main perpetrator saying ‘let’s cut man’.
The witness later added: ‘I was there collecting someone. Three guys against three and one had a bottle.
‘Some people started running away, they were terrified.
‘The fight seemed to have started before the gates. It was just really weird. There was no security, they took so long to come out. The public had to step in.
‘After the first group walked out Gatwick staff ran outside to see what was happening but I didn’t see any police.
‘You expect police to be there within minutes especially if it had ended up being something worse than a fight.’
Gatwick Airport and Sussex Police have been contacted for comment.