This scene captures a scuffle breaking out amongst the Notting Hill Carnival attendees on the Tube, coinciding with a police crackdown that resulted in 400 arrests at the event.
Footage filmed inside Baker Street station shows a man in a brightly coloured carnival costume scuffling with a group of other revellers.
After being pushed away, a man picks up a drink can from the ground and hurls it at others, sparking a woman to advance and strike him on the head.
The altercation unfolds into a train carriage, where a young individual is repeatedly hit by a considerably larger man in a tank top, while onlookers eagerly record the incident on their phones.
As the largest street festival in Europe, Notting Hill Carnival draws countless attendees adorned in vibrant festival attire, showcasing parades, steel bands, and booming sound systems.
Despite attracting around a million participants, the event has previously been marred by violent incidents, leading to an extensive police operation aimed at apprehending offenders.
The Metropolitan Police reported a total of 423 arrests during the two-day event – with 223 occurring on Monday and 200 on Sunday – an increase from 349 last year, marking the highest total since 2019.
There were two stabbings at the festival yesterday but neither were said to have resulted in life-threatening injuries. Police claimed there were ‘far fewer’ incidents of serious violence this year than last year, where the carnival saw two murders and eight stabbings.
Footage filmed inside a Tube station shows a man in a brightly coloured carnival costume scuffling with a group of other revellers
The fight then continues into a carriage, where the youngster is seen being pummelled by a much larger man in a tank top
Police said 52 of the total arrests took place following the use of facial recognition cameras that had been deployed to spot wanted individuals.
The arrests included 32 for assaulting police officers, 46 for possession of an offensive weapon, five for robbery and 18 for sexual offences.
The force said last night: ‘The event is still in its latter stages and we are not being at all complacent, but we have seen far fewer incidents of serious violence than in recent years.’
Yesterday, 177 of the arrests took place at the event itself while 46 took place on the approaches to the event. On Sunday, 149 arrests took place at the carnival and 51 on the approach, according to the Met.
Assistant Commissioner Matt Ward said: ‘This year we have proactively targeted those who have attempted to come to Carnival to cause harm to others. We have used live facial recognition, knife arches and our stop-and-search powers to identify and arrest more than 400 suspects.
‘These arrests have prevented some of the serious violence we have seen at previous Carnivals.’
It came after police were described as arresting people ‘left, right and centre’ as they sought to stamp out crime in the crowd yesterday.
A young woman was apprehended by at least 13 officers and was shouting ‘get off’ and ‘get off me’, after she smashed a glass bottle of alcohol towards police, her friend claimed.
A young woman was seen being detained by Met Police officers at Notting Hill Carnival yesterday
According to a friend, the woman allegedly threw a glass bottle of alcohol at police
Revellers were spotted holding balloons on the second day of Notting Hill Carnival – the world’s second biggest street celebration after Rio Carnival in Brazil
‘I’m already on bail. I can’t do anything. I don’t really care,’ her friend, a man in his 20s, said. ‘She threw a bottle of cider at a police officer.’
‘The atmosphere has turned. It’s all kicking off,’ a reveller said. ‘They’re arresting people left, right and centre.’
Another young man was taken away by a number of officers, saying: ‘I have a medical card. I am being forcibly arrested by the police. I have a medical card.’
Viral social media footage captured some of the uglier scenes from the first day of the event, known as ‘Family Day’, as two women brawled in the middle of a packed street, surrounded by horrified onlookers.
But, in a departure from the carnival’s grim recent history, there were no stabbings on Sunday, after police set up knife arches in a desperate effort to curb the bloodshed.
There were three stabbings on Sunday last year.
Around one million people were expected to attend the celebration of Afro-Caribbean culture across Sunday and Monday, requiring 7,000 officers to police the crowds.
Organisers were almost forced to cancel this year’s event, however, after the shocking scenes of violence in recent years left a £1million funding shortfall due to sponsorship drying up.
The Met Police sought to catch troublemakers early by deploying live facial recognition technology and identified a ‘watchlist’ of more than 16,000 individuals of interest. They included people wanted by the courts or being sought for alleged criminal activity that would merit jail time of ‘a year or more’.
More than one million people hit the streets of the west London district as Adults Day commenced yesterday
Many participants wore flamboyant outfits as thousands of revellers lined the streets
Sir Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, made no mention of the trouble over the weekend, saying in his only social media post about the carnival: ‘The streets were alive with music and joy, showing the best of our city and the power of culture to unite us.’
Bands and floats representing the Caribbean, African and Brazilian population paraded through west London yesterday as the carnival entered its second day. Thousands of people lined the route as temperatures reached 26C.
Groups included Bajan Raw Licquer, Mahogany, Chocolate Nation, Mas Africa, Vincy Alliance and United Kreyol Mas, which reflect traditions from Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados, St Lucia, Grenada, Jamaica, Dominica and Haiti.
Brazilian performers from Paraiso Samba School, Batala and Dende Nation added to the line-up, alongside long-established UK community bands.
Maria James, 34, said: ‘It feels like a piece of the Caribbean right here in London.’
James Lewis, 41, who travelled from Birmingham, said: ‘It’s amazing to see so many cultures coming together.’
Kensington and Chelsea Council said an estimated 150 tonnes of rubbish was cleared after the first day of festivities.
Council employees and volunteers worked into the night to clean up and prepare the area for normal business this morning.
A young man is stopped and searched by the Met Police at Notting Hill Carnival yesterday
Another young man is pictured surrounded by police on the second day of the carnival
A skip’s worth of laughing gas cannisters was left behind by carnival revellers
It comes as police continue to search for a 14-year-old girl who went missing while trying to get the carnival.
The youngster, who’s first name is Shunaii, left her home in Whyteleafe, Surrey on Sunday night.
Last seen around 11.10pm, she is described as mixed race, 5ft 5 tall, and of a large build with light brown hair which was in a bun.
She was wearing a black jumpsuit with large headphones around her neck
She is believed to be in the London area .
Officers are hoping for the public’s help in finding Shunaii. If you have any information as to her whereabouts, please contact police quoting PR/45250104179.
