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Horror at West Sussex train station as youths 'wield machetes' and brawl on platform
The Mirror UK and Daily Express describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedFootage, filmed from inside a train carriage, shows men lunging and slashing at each other on the platform while terrified passengers watch on from inside the train carriage.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Horror at West Sussex train station as youths 'wield machetes' and brawl on platform". The right frames it as "Horror at UK train station as masked youths 'wield machetes' on busy platform".
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Left / center-leftHorror at West Sussex train station as youths 'wield machetes' and brawl on platform
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Right / center-rightHorror at UK train station as masked youths 'wield machetes' on busy platform
Horror at UK train station as masked youths 'wield machetes' on busy platform
Footage filmed from a train appears to show an incident involving three men on a platform at Worthing Station in West Sussex, with one brandishing a machete-style knife.
Horror at West Sussex train station as youths 'wield machetes' and brawl on platform
Footage, filmed from inside a train carriage, shows men lunging and slashing at each other on the platform while terrified passengers watch on from inside the train carriage
