Shocking moment vicious brawl breaks out between rival gang members outside funeral as mourners gather to farewell a child
- Vicious brawl erupts among rival gangs at child’s funeral ceremony in Auckland
- Members of Black Power & the Head Hunters were filmed brawling on Tuesday
- Footage uploaded to Facebook shows the fight spill onto a suburban street
- Woman claims she spotted a gun before a gunshot like noise is heard
A violent brawl has erupted between rival gang members while mourners gathered to farewell a child in New Zealand.
Members of warring gangs Black Power and the Head Hunters were caught on camera brawling in front of shocked mourners at a funeral to farewell a child in Pukekohe, Auckland.
Images of the fight were uploaded to Facebook on Tuesday, showing a Black Power member threaten another man inside a vehicle while brandishing a metal pole.
A violent brawl has erupted between Black Power and the Head Hunters gang members while mourners gather to farewell a child in Auckland (pictured)
The barefoot man reportedly attacked a motorcycle with the pipe before threatening others, reports the NZ Herald.
Rival gang members from the Head Hunters were seen flooding the suburban street on both motorcycle and on foot.
Footage of the brawl was also uploaded to Facebook but that has since been removed.
‘They’re trying to have a fight at our moko’s tangi (child’s funeral)’, a woman was heard saying in the video.
A number of mourners were heard expressing concern for their safety as more gang members gathered during the child’s funeral.
In the video, young children can be heard crying as patched members block traffic from travelling down the street.
Footage uploaded to Facebook on Tuesday shows the warring gangs brawl in the middle of a suburban street (pictured)
At one point a woman screams ‘they’ve got guns’ before a gunshot like noise is heard in the background.
Auckland police told Daily Mail Australia they received a number of disorder calls in relation to the funeral in Pukekohe.
‘Police monitored the situation and spoke to individuals there who were cooperative,’ it said.
‘There were no reports of violence or injuries.’
Black Power and the Head Hunters hold a fierce rivalry and have a well established presence in the nation’s North Island.
Tensions between the gangs escalated in December after a series of brazen daylight shootings in the Northland Region of Raumanga.
The tit-for-tat shootings lead to the arrests of four Black Power members or associates and two associates of the Head Hunters.
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