A GANG of youths rolled up with machetes, baseball bats and snooker cues in an "altercation" with party guests outside Nelson Cricket Club.
Police said up to 100 people, including families with children, were at the 21st birthday celebration on Friday night when the "nasty incident" occurred, leaving three people needing hospital treatment and others as "walking wounded".
Originally three Asian men arrived in a red Honda Civic Type R at 10-45 p.m. and argued with smokers outside the club before driving away, only to return 30 minutes later with up to a dozen Asian males in more cars, brandishing baseball bats, and knives plus other weapons.One man from the party was left with 40 stiches to the face , another a suspected broken hand and a third with severe bruising. All were treated at Royal Blackburn Hospital.Police are still seeking the initial three occupants of the red car and are asking for anyone with information to come forward.Det. Insp. Sion Hall said: "It was a really nasty job."However, he isn't treating it as a racially motivated attack. "We're cautious at the moment as to what sparked it off," he said. "Just because Asians and whites have been fighting doesn't necessarily make it a racially-motivated incident, but if that is later the case then it will be reflected in the charges."Police said the armed gang fled when they were outnumbered by guests from inside the venue, and the red Honda hit a woman as they "erratically" sped away.Others were treated for minor injuries at Burnley General Hospital. All have since been discharged and are currently recovering.DI Hall added: "I would appeal for the occupants of the red Honda to come and speak to the police."Two local Asian men from the Briarfield area were arrested and charged with the attack shortly after the incident. but for reasons only known to the Police were later released on bail.
Police said up to 100 people, including families with children, were at the 21st birthday celebration on Friday night when the "nasty incident" occurred, leaving three people needing hospital treatment and others as "walking wounded".
Originally three Asian men arrived in a red Honda Civic Type R at 10-45 p.m. and argued with smokers outside the club before driving away, only to return 30 minutes later with up to a dozen Asian males in more cars, brandishing baseball bats, and knives plus other weapons.One man from the party was left with 40 stiches to the face , another a suspected broken hand and a third with severe bruising. All were treated at Royal Blackburn Hospital.Police are still seeking the initial three occupants of the red car and are asking for anyone with information to come forward.Det. Insp. Sion Hall said: "It was a really nasty job."However, he isn't treating it as a racially motivated attack. "We're cautious at the moment as to what sparked it off," he said. "Just because Asians and whites have been fighting doesn't necessarily make it a racially-motivated incident, but if that is later the case then it will be reflected in the charges."Police said the armed gang fled when they were outnumbered by guests from inside the venue, and the red Honda hit a woman as they "erratically" sped away.Others were treated for minor injuries at Burnley General Hospital. All have since been discharged and are currently recovering.DI Hall added: "I would appeal for the occupants of the red Honda to come and speak to the police."Two local Asian men from the Briarfield area were arrested and charged with the attack shortly after the incident. but for reasons only known to the Police were later released on bail.
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