Story By: Alex Cope, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News

This is the shocking moment two warring families hack at each other with blades in a dramatic sword fight in the middle of the street during coronavirus lockdown.

The shocking scenes were recorded in the Moroccan city of Fez in the northeastern Fas-Meknas administrative region when an argument between two families resulted in a sword fight.

In the video, a group of people can be standing on a set of steps as shouting can be heard.
The clip then cuts to two groups of men brandishing swords charging at each other on the stairs.

Women can be heard screaming as the men hack at each other in a chaotic sword fight.

Local media report at least two people were injured in the fight whilst 10 people aged between 26 and 50 years old were arrested.

No further details on the dispute have been reported. The fight took place despite Morocco’s strict coronavirus lockdown which sees those out of their homes requiring a permit.

The US-based Overseas Security Advisory Council reported that in 2019 “violent crimes tend to be committed with edged weapons such as knives and occasionally swords” in Morocco “due to the low availability of firearms”.

It is unclear if those arrested have been charged.

According to the latest figures from the Johns Hopkins University, Morocco has suffered 5,219 cases fo COVID-19 with 181 deaths.