Erica Rae Chong
Star Reporter
Star Reporter
Plates sailed through
the air and women threw punches after an intense brawl broke out at Toronto
Chinatown eatery Pho Xe Lua early Saturday morning.
A group of at least
six people dressed in Halloween get-ups began exchanging blows as the
restaurant erupted in shouts and onlookers cheered from the sidelines. One man
in SWAT attire threw a plate that hit a woman squarely in the face.
One man who was at the
restaurant with a group of friends captured
the 3 a.m. fight in a two-minute video. See below. (WARNING: violent content, contains profanity.
YouTube offers restricted access to the video)
“I came in and we saw
people arguing. Apparently they were arguing about space and seating because
the restaurant was pretty packed and small. They were shouting at each other to
move out of the way,” he said. “A guy in a green shirt threw a menu across the
table and that’s how it started.”
In the video, a
waitress in a red shirt tried to break up the fight, using her body as a
barrier between the two groups. She moved aside when two women started throwing
punches at each other.
A restaurant employee
said the waitress was unharmed. “Only plates were broken. You know …
Teenagers,” he said with a laugh.
Police reported that a
woman in her 20s sustained cuts to her face and required medical attention.
They are looking for a
light-skinned Asian male suspect described as having a muscular build, 20 to 25
years of age, 5’8 to 5’9, clean-shaven, with short black hair that is shaved on
all sides. He has a multi-coloured tattoo on his left bicep. He was wearing a
Halloween costume vest with the word “SWAT” written on the back.
The profanity-laced
video was posted on YouTube on Saturday and went viral garnering almost 60,000
views by Sunday night.
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