In a recent street fight in Melbourne, it was surprising that several Asian shopkeepers and a group of African-American gangsters were on both sides.
The dramatic scene took place outside the Song Hong restaurant in (St Albans), in southwestern Melbourne, on Monday (24) afternoon as Vietnamese shopkeepers gathered on the street to confront the assailants with plastic dining chairs as "shields".
The clashes immediately took place. In videos filmed by witnesses using mobile phones, Vietnamese shopkeepers could be heard shouting and scolding angrily. A black clothing shopkeeper took up a long stick and slammed at his own African-American gangster. But the stick bounced down to the plastic dining chair and the shopkeeper rushed to the middle of the road to avoid the attack. At this point, a Vietnamese boss in a black and white T-shirt shot up a plastic chair to chase the African-American punk, slamming him in the head. Another light blue T-shirt Vietnamese boss also carried a chair and rushed forward to help, only to see the group of African-American gangsters panic, fled, smashed the restaurant glass in the process.
During the fight, a 46-year-old Vietnamese boss was reportedly sent to hospital with a torn forehead bleeding. The rest were not in serious trouble. Alfreda Street (Alfrieda) where the incident occurred
St) is an Asian-American gathering area known for its Asian food and restaurant operations, and a thriving business that has led to frequent door-to-door blackmail by gangsters. Last week, the group of African-American thugs demanded money under the name of asking for cigarettes, refused to enter the store and occupied seats, stole customers` bags and mobile phones, and were driven away by the shopkeeper to the police. On the day of the incident, they came to the door to seek revenge, this time blocked the door, eventually annoyed Vietnamese shopkeepers to work together to fight the enemy, to defend justice.
After receiving a police report, the police opened an investigation into the attempted robbery. "the two sides of the fight knew each other and called on the shopkeepers to provide us with clues as soon as possible."
