Dramatic moment police officers descend on street following fight outside school in Hackney

Dramatic footage has emerged of police officers descending on a street in east London following a mass street brawl.

A video taken from the scene showed numerous officers rushing to outside the Jewish Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls' School in Egerton Road, Hackney, at 9.45pm on Friday.

One man can be see sprawled across the pavement as two officers attend to him, while a shocked crowd watches on.

Four males have since been arrested for public order offences, with one of them taken to hospital with a head injury.

Police officers holding down a man at the scene (London 999 Feed (Twitter))
Police officers holding down a man at the scene (London 999 Feed (Twitter))

A spokesman for the Met Police said: “Police were called at 19:45hrs on Friday, 26 May, to reports of four youths fighting in Egerton Road, N16.

“Officers and LAS attended the location.

“All four males were arrested for public order offences.

“One of the males was taken to hospital for treatment to a head injury.”