Birmingham brawl came after bad blood between neighbouring families following ‘wedding bust-up’

A ‘barbaric’ street brawl between ‘two feuding families’ erupted after a week of bad blood sparked by a ‘wedding argument’.

Savage punches were thrown and an elderly man put a youngster in a headlock in shocking footage from the daytime incident in Aston, Birmingham.

But fresh footage now shows young thugs were also armed with hammers, huge metal poles and baseball bats as they joined the 30-man melee on Prestbury Road at 5.30pm on Thursday.

The shocking scene sees one youngster – wearing a white puffer jacket – wielding a claw hammer (circled, left). Another carries a metre-long metal pole (right) and is seen wildly swinging at those in the brawl

The shocking scene sees one youngster – wearing a white puffer jacket – wielding a claw hammer as he walks towards the fight.

Another carries a metre-long metal pole and is seen wildly swinging at those in the brawl.

But the youths appear to lose their nerve and towards the end of the clip and retreat behind a parked Honda Civic.

As the two youths move away, older thugs brandishing continue to fight, with some armed with batons and baseball bats

Yet as they move away, older thugs brandishing baseball bats and batons clamber over other fighters to try to get a better shot at their foes.

A later clip shows a female police officer desperately try to keep the two groups apart as sirens whir in the background.

She is joined by two other officers and a paramedic on the scene.

Police were reportedly called back to Prestbury Road at 9pm following reports of a stabbing. But no victim was found.

A later clip shows a female police officer desperately try to keep the two groups apart (left) as sirens whir in the background. She is joined by two other officers and a paramedic on the scene (right)

When the footage first emerged on Friday the reason for the fallout was unclear.

But now it has been claimed the fight came after a bitter argument between two women at a wedding last week.

A source told MailOnline the row, outside houses worth around £140,000, hit boiling point on Thursday, which led to young members of the warring families fighting before being joined by men.

The source added that ‘every one in the video are related and it was a family feud’.

He described the scene as ‘barbaric’, adding: ‘even a little kid was carrying a metal bar’.

Footage shows screaming women crowd around and try to put themselves between the men as they land heavy punches.

Savage punches are thrown and an elderly man puts a younger man in a headlock (pictured)

Younger women hold other members of their family back from rejoining the fight after they have been injured.

Groups of men launch into separate fights, making up a large brawl as they hit and kick whoever is closest.

Several men grab at others in order to try to keep them still before delivering multiple blows.

During the dramatic confrontation traffic is brought to a standstill as a man is thrown to the ground before being dragged and punched by several men

Several men grab at others in order to try to keep them still before delivering multiple blows

Screaming women crowd around and try to put themselves in between the men as they throw punch after punch

Towards the end of the clip, more people join the fight and a hooded thug, brandishing a large, black baseball bat, heads towards the disorder.

A spokesman for West Midlands Police said on Friday: ‘Police were called to reports of disorder in Prestbury Road, Aston, around 5.30pm yesterday.

‘One man suffered a cut to his head after he is believed to have been struck by a baseball bat, while two others suffered minor facial injuries having been punched.

‘Officers received a further report of a stabbing at just after 9pm but officers attended and found no-one with stab injuries.’

It is not yet clear the identities of those involved. 

A crowd of people spill out of a terrace house and on to a residential street in Aston, Birmingham