Terrible machete fight breaks out on residential street – full police statement

This machete was found by West Yorkshire Police officers after responding to reports of a fight in a residential street. The terrifying weapon, complete with scabbard, was found after officers were called to Carr Bottom Road in Bradford.

The policemen who found two suspects chased them and detained them. The incident happened on Friday, with brief details released this week.

A spokesman for the force said: “On Friday 14 June, officers from Bradford South Response Team 1 responded to a report of people fighting with a machete in Carr Bottom Road, Bradford.

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“Officers attended and saw two suspects who ran away after seeing the officers, dropping the machete from underneath as they did so.

“Following a lengthy foot chase down Manchester Road, both men were successfully arrested on suspicion of affray and possession of an offensive weapon.”

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West Yorkshire Police have seized dozens of guns from the streets in recent months and years, with Operation Jemlock officers targeting violent crime and knife crime hotspots. Operation Jemlock began in 2019.

By January this year, more than 2,100 dangerous weapons had been taken off the streets by officers, with the most recent items seized including a samurai-style knife and a house duster.

More than 10,000 arrests have been made in total by the specialist team which focuses on tackling and reducing violent crime. West Yorkshire has seen a spate of murders carried out by criminals using weapons such as knives and machetes, with young people and children among those killed.

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