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A early morning commute turned violent when a woman smashed a bottle on the London Underground train sending glass flying towards fellow passengers.

Terrifying video footage captured the "scary" moment the bottle shattered leaving people to flee their seats, as the train was in motion.

The clip was filmed in the early hours of today, December 27, on the Central line near Liverpool Street station.

It appears to show the unknown woman violently smash an alcohol bottle against a hand rail.

The woman, who was travelling with a group of around four female friends, was involved in a heated argument with a group of male passengers.

She had to be restrained by one of her mates after the situation boiled over and glass was sent hurling down the carriage.

The footage was filmed by a 49-year-old passenger who had enjoyed Boxing Day at a friend's house near Mile End, London.

The commuter, who wishes to remain anonymous, recalls how glass "covered" the train carriage.

He said: "It escalated very quickly. There was a lot of pushing, shoving and shouting.

"I think a drink had been thrown over one of the guys and the girl grabbed the bottle.

"She smashes it against the handrail and glass shattered everywhere. The whole bottle was sent flying.

"It was an absolutely insane thing to do. It could have been incredibly dangerous."

At the time of the incident the train was occupied by several passengers, who decided to move away from the two groups as the situation escalated.

The man who filmed the clip began to start filming when the two groups of four to five woman and men, aged in the late teens or early 20s, began to start arguing.

He says he is unsure what sparked the heated bust-up, which he describes as "out of order".

"Luckily there were not young or vulnerable people on the train", said the commuter, who was travelling between the Holborn and Mile End tube stations.

He added: "The people who were sat close by had to move because it did get very loud and aggressive.

"It got quite threatening and I could see that it was kicking off. Both groups were as bad as each other.

"It was a violent situation. Someone could have been seriously hurt. Glass could have gone in someone's eye.

"It's disgusting how something like that can happen on public transport."

The commuter adds how he stopped filming and "ran off" the tube when the groups spotted him filming the bust-up.