Gang of youths who try to open car door as it drives past get a shock when driver brandishes a MACHETE at them

  • Gang of youths clashed with driver of car in south Manchester last month
  • Driver of car behind caught shocking footage of the  incident on his dashcam
  • It shows the youths approaching the car before a sword is thrust out of a window 

By Richard Spillett for MailOnline

Published: 05:01 EST, 1 March 2017 | Updated: 05:53 EST, 1 March 2017

Shocking footage has emerged of a confrontation in which a gang of youths trying to get into a car were threatened with a machete.

The group of six youngsters crowded round a silver Peugeot in Chorlton, south Manchester in an incident caught on the dashcam of the car behind.

One of the gang attempted to yank open a passenger door before a machete was waved out of the driver's window.

This is the moment a driver brandishes a machete at youths in a confrontation in Manchester

This is the moment a driver brandishes a machete at youths in a confrontation in Manchester

The gang attempted to open the door of the car before the sword emerged through a window

The gang attempted to open the door of the car before the sword emerged through a window

Leszek Gandyk, whose dashcam recorded the incident, said: 'It was scary. I didn't know what was happening and I didn't know if they were going to turn on me.

'I was surprised when the silver car cut in front of us at the lights. I thought there must be some problem. And then it was fighting with these men on the street.

'I haven't seen anything so shocking before. It was really frightening, and happened right in the middle of the day.

Leszek Gandyk, who captured the footage on his dashcam, said he was terrified

Leszek Gandyk, who captured the footage on his dashcam, said he was terrified

'There was a conversation between the driver and a person on the pavement. They were shouting quite aggressively.

'All of these people gathered round the car and I was thinking "what's going on here?". They tried to open the door but the car started moving.

'A bit further down the road, they caught up with him again and it looked like there was going to be a fight and then all of a sudden he pulls out the machete.

'It was so strange. Why is this man driving with a machete in his hand?'

The confrontation took place around 1.25pm on January 31, on Wilbraham Road in the south of the city. The silver Peugeot made off, driving through a red light.

Mr Leszek, 37, has not yet reported the incident to police.

 

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