Loading Replay Replay video Play video Play video Senior Sergeant Adam Tanner said that as the party-goers dispersed, they began throwing firewood and rubbish bins at police, who took shelter inside the now-empty house. A witness said the fracas was sparked after police officers appeared to shove a party-goer. The witness said one of the pieces of firewood thrown over the fence struck a police officer in the chest. "The kids started clearing out immediately, mostly in single file, the cops pushed a few of them and I think that's what set it off," the witness said. "As kids were coming out [of the house] one cop was just pushing them into the door as they went out, one did a dramatic flick of the night stick."

Victoria Police is yet to respond to the allegations. Video obtained by The Age shows at least seven police officers evicting a group of at least 30 youths from the house. The party-goers, who seem to be of African appearance, stream through the garage and into the alleyway. A voice can be heard repeatedly saying “why you pushing us?” while another yells “f---ing pigs!”. One officer can be seen pushing a young party-goer in the back, before the video ends.

The home had been badly damaged, with plaster walls smashed in and items including a television and microwave stolen. Damage to the inside of the home. Once the crowd had dispersed, police emerged to find their vehicle windscreens had been smashed in, side mirrors broken off and a number of panels dented. Footprints left on one car show where attackers jumped onto the bonnet. Police have taken the vehicles for forensic testing.

No police were injured during the incident and no arrests have been made at this stage. Bags of garbage litter the back gate and garage of a house where a rowdy party was held in North Melbourne. Credit:Luis Enrique Ascui Fairfax Media understands the party held in the Shands Lane property may have been booked through an online holiday booking website under a false name. The two-bedroom home is listed on a number of platforms as being available from $157 a night. The listing includes “strict house rules” including “no parties” and noise levels needing to “be kept at an appropriate level at all times”.

Senior Sergeant Tanner said a number of people had been spoken to but no arrests had been made. "Whilst police were at the address at the property where the party was taking place, there was some firewood in the area that was thrown over the fence," he said. "It was at that point the members moved into the house to protect themselves and about a minute later or two minutes later they've exited the address." The police then discovered the vehicles parked around the corner had been damaged. Senior Sergeant Tanner said investigations were continuing into the property and vehicle damage and police were seeking video footage.

"Let's be honest, it's outrageous, it's criminal behaviour and it's not something that we tolerate, he said. "To put it bluntly it makes me angry and I think it makes a lot of people angry." Neighbours have reported hours of noisy behaviour in the laneway, escalating to "aggressive" shouting around the time of the police arriving on the scene. One resident said he and his partner were home throughout the night and heard lots of people coming and going. "It was noisy but really aggressive, it sounded like people were fighting," he said.

"It was pretty loud, then you could see all the flashing from the police lights and the torches." His partner said they could hear people screaming. Another neighbour described one of the youths jumping on the bonnet of a police car and kicking the windscreen. Neighbours said it was the second out-of-control party in the same property in a matter of weeks. "It's a resident’s nightmare to have short-term property setting up a business in your street,” Meg Moorhouse told Channel Nine.

"I put earplugs in, but I could still hear it through the earplugs," Gordon White said. The incident is not the first in recent months in which a party held at a rented property has descended into destruction. A beachfront holiday rental in Altona rented out on Booking.com was trashed in early December, with walls ripped out, windows broken and fittings smashed. Police called to an unruly party at a rented Airbnb house in Werribee just before Christmas were pelted with rocks, forcing them to call in a heavily armed tactical response team. The house was extensively damaged and neighbours had their car windows and windows in their homes smashed.

Anyone with information on the latest incident can call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.