General brawl and wild chase in Birmingham

A fight broke out on the busy streets of Birmingham as a vehicle was chased and its windows smashed with a metal bar. The chaotic scene began on Coventry Road on Monday night, when a man armed with a metal bar attacked a car to the horrified screams of witnesses. The motorist, trying to escape his attacker, knocked over a parked car before speeding up the sidewalk. Other men fought in the middle of traffic, causing a traffic jam. The police intervened quickly to end the chaos. Reactions on social networks show astonishment at the out-of-control situation.