20-year-old killed in knife brawl while celebrating his birthday in Hamilton
Given the volume of people and cars in the area during the violent altercation, police, who are investigating the man's death as a homicide, have requested dashcam or mobile phone footage.
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The setting for the violence
Later, reports released a sombre image: before the event started, a car full of young people with machetes and knives pulled up. The altercation turned into what the authorities described as a mindless act of violence as knives clashed.
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Detective Sergeant Reece Durston detailed a grim early-morning scene that included forensic checks, cordoned-off streets, and a desperate search for anyone connected to the incident. The need for immediate action was unambiguous: police are looking for any dashcam or mobile footage that shows what transpired.
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The police said that they are helping the friends who survived as well as the bereaved loved ones. It was the loss of a person becoming adulthood, interrupted by a violent act of conflict and that this was not just another crime scene.
Three people were injured in a brawl that started between two groups on Alexandra Street at around 12.10 am, and the guy passed away soon after being taken to the hospital.
The individual was "celebrating his upcoming birthday when a fight occurred with another group of people," according to Detective Inspector Daryl Smith.
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'There is still a lot of work ahead of us to understand the full circumstances of what occurred, but the investigation team is committed to piecing the many fragments together.'
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