This is the moment a vicious brawl erupted at Winter Wonderland in the latest episode of violence at the festive funfair.
Footage uploaded to TikTok shows two males throwing punches at each other inside the event’s packed Bavarian Village in London‘s Hyde Park.
One appears to stumble to the floor amid a flurry of fists from a group of people. The camera then pans to another area where a group of young men are embroiled in another brawl.
Shocked onlookers watched as they rained down punches. One appeared to lash out with a series of kicks while looking down at the floor before a team of security guards finally intervened to stop the carnage.
The Daily Mail has contacted Winter Wonderland and Met Police for comment.
It comes just a week after the event was marred by a fight that saw a woman punched unconscious.
Winter Wonderland has been criticised as overcrowded and overpriced, and was last week named Europe’s most complained-about festive attraction.
It is not the first time the event has descended into violence, with children left screaming after another fight three years ago.
Footage uploaded to TikTok shows two males throwing punches at each other inside the Winter Wonderland’s packed Bavarian Village in London’s Hyde Park
The camera then pans to another area where a group of young men are embroiled in another brawl before security steps in
Defenders of the annual gathering will point out that it generates an estimated £100million for the London economy – while raising vital funds for the city’s Royal Parks.
But for critics, it has become a real-life Nightmare Before Christmas, with some calling for it to be stopped.
Last week, footage emerged of a woman being punched to the ground amid a mass brawl.
Ryan, who was attending Winter Wonderland with friends, filmed the harrowing video in London.
He claimed the fight started after one man accused another of ‘touching his missus’.
He told the Daily Mail: ‘So we were in the Bavarian beer garden beer hall and then it closed at 10, and everyone was asked to leave as normal.
‘When we exited, they’d created a gated alleyway with a construction fence which created a huge bottleneck.
‘It wasn’t even that busy but then all of a sudden, there’s about a couple thousand people in this one area, and just at a standstill. And then security had locked themselves outside of the gate, which is when the fight broke out.
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It comes just a week after the event was marred by a fight that saw a woman punched unconscious
‘Everyone was very drunk, you could tell something was going to happen.’
He continued: ‘It was really lawless and chaotic and there were families with children as well.
‘I go every year, and I’ve never seen anything like that.’
A spokesman for Hyde Park Winter Wonderland said the incident had been ‘managed promptly by on-site security, with police present’.
‘There was no impact on the wider event and no serious injuries reported,’ they said.
Winter Wonderland has seen trouble in the past, with a 22-year-old man injured last year after an alleged acid attack.
Scotland Yard launched an investigation and has arrested two men aged 21 and 18 along with a 16-year-old boy, all on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm.
Winter Wonderland bosses described the attack as an ‘isolated incident involving a corrosive substance during an altercation between a small group’.
The 2022 iteration of the event appears to have been particularly troubled, with one person ‘stabbed in the neck’ outside the attraction and two men fighting each other outside a chicken stall.
In a separate incident, a ride malfunctioned with two people trapped inside.
Three years prior, there was another vicious brawl that saw one attendee put the other in a chokehold.
With around three million people attending Winter Wonderland every year, its organisers would point out that the vast majority do not become victims of crime.
The most recent figures show 127 crimes were reported to police from the event in 2021/22.
A spokesman for Hyde Park Winter Wonderland said last week: ‘The safety of our visitors and staff is our top priority and aggressive or threatening behaviour will not be tolerated.
‘Hyde Park Winter Wonderland is a large-scale seasonal event, welcoming around three million visits over a six-week period, and we work closely with the Metropolitan Police and relevant authorities to ensure security and crowd-management measures are as robust as possible.
‘The vast majority of our guests have a positive experience. As with any event of this scale, there can occasionally be instances of antisocial behaviour.’
