SHOCKING videos circulating on social media captured the moment a violent street fight erupted in Sevilla’s El Cerezo neighbourhood on Tuesday, with men seen throwing punches, wielding knives and smashing bottles in broad daylight.
The footage, recorded by horrified residents from nearby buildings, shows several individuals brawling outside a bar before the violence rapidly escalates.
In one clip, two men can initially be seen exchanging blows before another person grabs a knife and appears to try attacking one of them from behind.
The sounds of smashing glass, shouting and screaming neighbours can be heard throughout the recordings.
According to witnesses, the group had allegedly come out of a nearby bar before the confrontation spiralled out of control.
Residents claimed the men began ‘stabbing each other, slashing each other and throwing bottles and glasses’.
Policia Nacional officers from Sevilla’s Macarena district and members of the Policia Local GAR reaction unit were deployed after emergency calls flooded in.
However, by the time officers arrived, the crowd had already dispersed and no arrests were made.
The incident has reignited fears over security in El Cerezo, an area that has faced growing tensions in recent months over crime and anti-social behaviour.
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Just hours after the fight, angry residents took to the streets in an unauthorised protest against insecurity in the neighbourhood.
Now, locals have gone a step further by organising citizen patrols, claiming they no longer feel protected.
‘We have asked for police many times,’ one patrol organiser, Alejandro, told Radio Sevilla.
‘They brought the GAR unit for a few days for photos and then nothing afterwards,’ he added.
Residents also criticised both Sevilla City Council and the Macarena district authorities for failing to contact or support neighbours after the latest violence.
The unrest comes just two months after a separate social uprising in El Cerezo led residents to create neighbourhood patrols linked to tensions surrounding illegal parking attendants known locally as ‘gorrillas’.
In response to rising concerns, Sevilla’s Policia Local previously carried out around 200 operations in El Cerezo and other troubled neighbourhoods including Los Pajaritos and Su Eminencia.
However, many residents say the latest knife fight has deepened fears that the area is spiralling further out of control.
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