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Horrifying footage has revealed the moment a gang of masked bikers terrorised hundreds - including young families - at a popular Birmingham park.



As revellers flocked to Cannon Hill Park to bask in temperatures of 24 degrees and enjoy time with their children, a group of balaclava-clad riders had an entirely different agenda.



In one clip - shown above - men, women and children looked on in horror as thugs on quad bikes and motorcycles tore around the Edgbaston park.



As the men whizzed past in convoy, several stunned pedestrians having picnics on the grass appeared to be frozen in fear.



In footage filmed on Sunday (June 24) afternoon, the riders dominated the central grassland and pulled wheelies - leaving park-goers terrified.





Sendijs Petrovs, who visits regularly with his daughter, tweeted the video to West Midlands Police in a bid to prevent such incidents happening again.



He asked: "There's kids playing here and this gang is just ploughing through the park - What can you do about this?"



He told BirminghamLive the gang arrived just before 5pm before speeding around the park.



"It was quite disturbing as they were speeding where families with small kids were having a walk," he said.

"Then they decided to ride onto the grass field right in the middle of the park where hundreds of kids were playing.

"Most people scattered when the gang displayed they might doing burnouts on the grass.

"The whole experience was really disturbing. I take my daughter to Cannon Hill Park regularly. On weekends there are hundreds of people with kids there.



"The gates were open so cars/bike/quad bikes can easily get in and potentially plough through the crowds."







And another shocking video revealed the gang's masks close-up as they tore along public footpaths.

One wore a black balaclava covering his whole head and a pair of biker goggles on top.



A young family, with a baby in a pram, were almost knocked over by the speeding bikers and were forced to wait to use the pedestrian path.



On spotting the gang, a second family stopped in good time to avoid running into any trouble.



Peter Smallbone, who filmed the video at Cannon Hill Park, directed the video to the local councillor, saying: "Cannon Hill Park terrorised by biker gang. Video shared with park security."



Coun Kerry Jenkins for Moseley praised his observations and said the council would be assessing the access points to the park.



Another witness, who was at the park, told of his fear as the bikers sped around.



Saulo Menezes tweeted: "I was there. It was frightening. So many little children around and they just didn't care."

West Midlands Police confirmed officers were aware of the video and are trying to tackle the issues.

A statement from the force read: "We have been made aware of a video of people riding motorbikes through Canon Hill Park, in Edgbaston yesterday (Sunday 24 June).

"There is a huge amount of on-going work taking place to try and tackle these issues.

"Although this isn’t always visible to the public - be reassured we are taking action, and also working with our partners to tackle this issue."

The police urged anyone with information on "illegal, anti-social off-road biking" or with videos or photos of offenders in the street or public spaces to call them on 101 so officers can take action.