By ELIZABETH HAIGH, SENIOR NEWS REPORTER
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A terrifying knife fight broke out between youths on a bus this week in front of screaming passengers.
The brawl, captured on camera, saw a young man on an Arriva bus holding a gigantic zombie knife attacked by multiple people with weapons.
Understood to be linked to an ongoing police investigation following a stabbing in Birmingham this week, the clip shows violence break out in the middle of the bus aisle amid panicked onlookers, who are unable to escape.
At the start of the footage, a man can be seen standing on the Arriva vehicle, just behind the driver's cab.
With a long zombie knife in one hand, he looks at a group of at least four youths outside the bus as he shouts at the driver: 'go, go, go'.
But the stationary bus does not move, and the group outside the vehicle continue shouting while one bangs on the glass.
Moments later, the group board the bus and can be seen attacking the man with weapons including a knife and a black metal object.
One onlooker can be heard shouting: 'He's got a knife you know.'
A terrifying knife fight broke out between youths on an Arriva bus in Birmingham this week in front of screaming passengers
The brawl, captured on camera, saw a young man on an Arriva bus holding a gigantic zombie knife attacked by multiple people with weapons
At the start of the footage, a man can be seen standing on the Arriva vehicle, just behind the driver's cab with a knife in his hand
A group of four are seen pursuing the man onto the bus and attacking him with weapons
Several of the shocked bus passengers, among them an elderly woman, attempt to stand up and escape the scene, but cannot safely exit the vehicle due to the severity of the fighting.
One of the youths strikes out multiple times with a blade, before appearing to stamp on someone lying on the ground as several others join in.
The footage ends as onlookers call for someone to alert police.
The emergence of the video comes after an incident in Birmingham city centre on Tuesday evening in which a man was stabbed and left with serious injuries that police said are 'likely to be life-changing'.
West Midlands Police said in a statement that a man was chased onto a bus in Corporation Street by a group at around 10.30pm.
Dello Alphaoumar, 21, has since been charged with violent disorder and a 17-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been charged with violent disorder, threatening a person with a blade, and possession of a hammer.
A second boy aged 16 has been released on bail.
Police are still searching for a fourth suspect in connection with the attack and are appealing for any witnesses or anyone with footage of what happened to contact them.
Members of the public should get in touch by calling 101 or using the force's live chat on their website, quoting log 5780 of October 13.