Two mass brawls at town centre location

Police sealed off the junction at Kirkgate after the brawl outside McDonalds in Huddersfield town centre, inset right, in the early hours of Sunday needing hospital treatment for a head injury and the area was sealed off so forensic experts could search for evidence.

The trouble erupted shortly after the town’s nightclubs had closed.

After yesterday’s violence the area outside McDonald’s at the junction of Kirkgate and John William Street remained sealed off during the morning.

Det Insp Ian Thornes from Kirklees CID said the 27-year-old man had been taken to Huddersfield Royal Infirmary for treatment but released later yesterday.

He said: “We were called at 4.20am to reports that there could have been 30 people involved in this fight with police having to disperse people from the scene.

“Two people are in custody arrested on suspicion of causing an affray including a 35-year-old man from Lowerhouses and a 30-year-old man from Bradley Mills.

“I must stress that this incident did not happen inside McDonald’s on this occasion and staff there have helped by closing the doors and keeping people safe inside.

“There is also no suggestion that this incident was connected to the disturbance there the previous night.”

A mass brawl involving 20 men broke out at the same McDonald’s at 4.20am on Saturday.

A 20-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of causing violent disorder and another man was arrested for being drunk and disorderly.

No weapons were used and police are trawling through CCTV footage to identify those responsible.

It’s understood that most of the people involved fled as soon as the police arrived.