Major update on wild teen brawl at a family fireworks event after fresh footage emerged

By NICK WILSON AND ASHLEY NICKEL FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

Published: 11:37 BST, 15 May 2025 | Updated: 11:43 BST, 15 May 2025

A second teen has been charged over an all-out-brawl at a community fireworks event a day after confronting new footage emerged. 

A 17-year-old boy was allegedly assaulted during the incident filmed and witnessed by shocked families at Northbridge Oval on Sydney’s lower north shore on Saturday night. 

He suffered facial injuries and taken to Royal North Shore Hospital.

Two other boys aged 15 and 16 were arrested following a foot pursuit, NSW Police allege.

The older boy allegedly resisted arrest and assaulting officers. 

He was charged with a raft of offences while the other teen, 15, was released pending further investigation.

Following further inquiries, the younger boy was re-arrested at Chatswood Police Station on Thursday.

He was charged with two offences – affray and offensive language.

Two teens have been charged over a brawl on Sydney’s north shore on Saturday night

New footage showed a teenager in a grey hoodie being viciously beaten by a group of assailants

New footage which emerged on Wednesday, showed a group of teens viciously beating a boy in a grey hoodie.

The teen, at one point managed to escape the flurry of blows and tried to flee.

But the other teens gave chase and caught up with the boy.

They threw him to the ground and continued to pummel him until a security guard intervened to break up the altercation. 

Young onlookers could be heard screaming in the background.

Northbridge Rotary hosted the annual community fireworks event, which included rides, family entertainment and live music by local school bands.

A young woman who witnessed the brawl told Daily Mail Australia the incident was ‘quite scary’.

She said the fight ‘came out of nowhere’, with the event descending into chaos when ‘hundreds of teenagers’ ran away from the scene after the police were called. 

Police also instructed bus drivers heading into the city not to stop near the oval to prevent the incident from escalating. 

Gates opened at 2.30pm and the brawl broke out after the scheduled fireworks at 7pm.

In the original footage captured by an onlooker and shared by Mosman Collective, a group of teenage boys could be seen fighting as several men and women tried to intervene.

A huge crowd of teenagers was close by as adults attempted to disperse the group.  

The 16-year-old was charged with common assault, affray, behave in offensive manner in/near public place/school, armed with intent commit indictable offence, two counts of hinder or resist police officer in the execution of duty, assault police officer during public disorder.

Police laid charges against a second teen on Thursday over last week’s brawl

Both boys were bailed to appear at a children’s court on June. 

Inquiries into the brawl continue.

Police urge anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers.

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Major update on wild teen brawl at a family fireworks event after fresh footage emerged

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