This is the shocking moment a feuding family armed with pitchforks began brawling outside funeral parlour – as mourners were paying their respect to an elder.

You can see on the video group of people, believed to be one branch of the family, dressed in black and hurling glass bottles across the road at other members of the grieving family.

Witnesses say that nearby businesses were forced to lock their doors and pull down shutters as the drama unfolded on Tuesday afternoon.

GMP confirmed they were called to the junction of Kenyon Lane and Moston Lane at around 2pm to reports of violent disorder.

One person, who was inside Greater Manchester Funeral Service Ltd at the time and shared the footage with the M.E.N, said that people had been paying their respects to an elderly gent who had passed away recently, when three men entered.

They said: “It was a dad and two sons, one of them dropped a metal bar from inside their jacket on the floor.”

It’s understood there was an argument inside the funeral parlour, before the men were asked to leave.

They then headed back across the road to a white van, which had pulled up outside St Dunstan’s RC Church earlier that morning.

Moments later, the men, along with several women – all dressed in black – are alleged to have got out carrying pitchforks, garden spades and baseball bats.

One woman can be seen on the video pulling bottles from a white carrier bag, throwing them across the street as a woman passes the funeral parlour with a pram and small child.

Shouting can also be heard, yet it’s not clear exactly what was being said.

One resident described it as ‘like World War Three’, with passing cars narrowly avoiding being hit by the flying bottles.

The group are said to have got back in the van and left the scene after police were called.

A spokesman for GMP said: “An unknown number of people pulled up outside a church on Moston Lane and later approached another group of people across the road, carrying weapons and glass bottles.

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“An altercation broke out between them and police were called.

“The first group had left the scene in the van before officers arrived.

“No one has been arrested in connection with the incident.”

There were not believed to have been any serious injuries and North West Ambulance Service confirmed they were not called to the scene.

Anyone who may have witnessed the incident is asked to contact police on 101.