Moment masked teens attack each other with machetes in broad daylight in family park in lawless London
The video captured the moment a gang of masked youths attacked each other with machetes in a family park.
Violence broke out on Sunday morning in Burgess Park in Camberwell, south-east London; Young people were seen trying to stab each other in broad daylight.
The scene was another display of shocking violence in London, where crime figures have soared since Sir Sadiq Khan became Labor mayor in 2016 despite boasts that the capital is a ‘safe city’.
In the footage, a young man stabs and tries to cut another person, while one of the onlookers shouts ‘stab him’.
A third masked boy then holds one of his opponents down for several seconds, allowing a knifeman to try to stab him repeatedly.
Later, while a bystander forces the two attackers to escape, the young man wrestles to the ground and rides away on a scooter.
The scene was filmed by horrified locals and later shared on social media with the caption ‘This is London’.
It comes just a day after a group of hooded teenagers wearing balaclavas arrived at the JD Sports store on London’s Ilford High Road and bought armfuls of clothes.
Footage from Saturday showed shoplifters scattering throughout the store before trying to escape with the goods before being tackled by young female staff.
In the video shared on social media, three young men carrying machetes were seen fighting in Burgess Park in Camberwell.
One of the teenagers is seen restraining a boy as a friend tries to stab him in broad daylight
On Saturday, a group of hooded youths wearing balaclavas descended on the JD Sports store on London’s Ilford High Road and snatched up armfuls of clothes.
The Metropolitan Police said four teenagers were arrested, one of whom took himself to hospital for treatment of his injuries.
A spokesman said: ‘Police were called at around 12.30pm on Sunday 17 May to reports of a fight at Burgess Park in Camberwell.
‘Officers came to the area with the help of the police helicopter and searched. Four boys, aged 16 and 17, were arrested on suspicion of offenses including affray, causing grievous bodily harm and possession of an offensive weapon.
‘Three juveniles were arrested near the scene, while the fourth was arrested later on Sunday evening. All four children remained in police custody.
‘It was stated that two of the children taken into custody were injured in the incident, and their injuries were not life-threatening or non-life-threatening.
‘A 17-year-old boy was admitted to hospital for treatment of his injuries and discharged that afternoon, before being arrested at a property in Southwark.
‘The second boy, aged 16, was taken to hospital by police and later discharged.
‘The investigation continues. Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101, quoting CAD 3298/17MAY or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
The Mayor boasted in March that murder rates were the lowest since records began, and noted a 2025 decline in phone-snatching incidents, for which the capital has become infamous in recent years.
But a closer look at the data shows a range of crimes, including theft from person, sexual offences, drug and violent crime, have risen dramatically since Sir Sadiq first came to power in 2016.
Theft from a person increased by 140 percent from 35,570 in 2016/17 to 85,465 in 2025/26. By 2024/25, when Sir Sadiq was re-elected, this number had jumped to 101,053.
Elsewhere, sexual offenses increased by 55 per cent, from 17,491 in 2016/17 to 27,074 in 2025/26.
Drug offenses increased by 34 per cent from 40,652 in 2016/17 to 54,291 in 2025/26.
Violence against people increased from 191,691 cases in 2016/17 to 51,086 incidents (27 percent) in 2025/26, reaching 242,777.
