Machete-wielding youths clash at West Sussex train station

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 13 Oct, 03:01 · Archive

Three men armed with knives fought on a platform at Worthing Station in West Sussex on Sunday evening as passengers watched from a train.

Three men armed with knives were filmed fighting on a platform at Worthing Station in West Sussex on Sunday evening, October 11. Footage from inside a train carriage shows the men lunging and slashing at each other while passengers watched from the train. One man wearing a grey tracksuit ran from the other two as the train began moving away.

Police attended the scene around 6.30pm but the men had fled before officers arrived. British Transport Police and Sussex Police colleagues searched the area and cordoned off the station, but no one was found. It is unclear whether any of the men were injured. British Transport Police have appealed for witnesses and anyone with information to contact them via text on 61016, by phone on 0800 40 50 40 using reference 543 of 11 October, or anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

How it is being reported

• Horror at UK train station as masked youths 'wield machetes' on busy platformFootage filmed from a train appears to show an incident involving three men on a platform at Worthing Station in West Sussex, with one brandishing a machete-style knife.Daily Express · 13 Oct, 02:52
• Horror at West Sussex train station as youths 'wield machetes' and brawl on platformFootage, filmed from inside a train carriage, shows men lunging and slashing at each other on the platform while terrified passengers watch on from inside the train carriageThe Mirror · 13 Oct, 00:51

In this story: Worthing Station · West Sussex · British Transport Police · Sussex Police · Crimestoppers

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