Gunmen dressed in Halloween costumes gunned down clubbers at an illegal east London rave leaving a man and woman seriously injured.
Thugs in clown, ghost and ghoul masks unleashed a hail of bullets, hitting a 41-year-old man in his leg and a woman, in her twenties, in the chest, at the Money Move party in Leyton, east London.
A gang of three men were responsible for the attack inside and outside the makeshift club, with shocking witness footage showing one man return fire with a handgun.
Thugs in clown, ghost and ghoul masks unleashed a hail of bullets, hitting a 41-year-old man in his leg at the Money Move party in Leyton, east London
A business owner, whose building was hit by a stray bullet, told the Sun: ‘It looked like it was a gangland execution gone wrong.’
One clubber said they saw ‘at least four guns’ being used during the attack.
They said: ‘It was terrifying. Everyone who had got out was just running but there were over 100 trapped inside. I turned and ran.
‘They had blocked off the only road out of the rave with a car before, so not many got out.’
Footage captured in the aftermath of the brutal scenes shows a wounded man being helped by a female reveller who used a belt as a tourniquet.
Metropolitan Police confirmed the the man was in a stable condition, while the female vicim did not suffer life-threatening injuries.
Footage captured in the aftermath of the brutal scenes shows a wounded man being helped by a female reveller who used a belt as a tourniquet
A spokesman said: ‘Police were called at approximately 05:04hrs on Saturday, 28 October, to commercial premises in Rigg Approach, at the junction with Leabridge Road, Leyton, following reports of a shooting.
‘Officers, including firearms officers, attended the scene and discovered a 41-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his left leg.
‘He has been conveyed to an east London hospital by London Ambulance Service where his condition is described as stable.
‘Officers were then made aware of a female, believed to be in her 20s, who had self-presented at another east London hospital with a gunshot wound to the chest. Her condition is described as not life-threatening or life-changing.
‘A crime scene was put in place and an investigation has been launched by Trident officers.’