This is the shocking moment police brutally intervene during a fight between Roma travellers in a busy central Madrid square.

Police officers from Spain's Guarda Civil took action after the vicious fight broke out in Puerta del Sol Square.

Footage shows cops booting some of the brawlers in an attempt to break up the fight.

A policeman can be seen standing imposingly over one of the men involved in an attempt to break up the fighting

Several women who were also involved in the incident were beckoned over to break it up.

But after cops arrive armed with batons they can be seen shoving the fighting men to the ground and kicking them while they were on the floor.

One woman kicks out at a man on the ground before having her headscarf pulled off.

The police in the Square forcefully separate the men but they continue to strike each other.

An officer can be seen raising his baton as one of the men cowers while laid on the ground.

According to the cameraman, the police arrested the people involved in the fight.

Officers could be seen booting the men and waving their truncheons at them as they continued their fight