A violent brawl in the middle of a busy road was caught on camera in this shocking footage.
Passengers on bus filmed the violence in Tallaght, Dublin, shared the footage on social media.
One man appears to bash another around the head and shoulders with the weapon, believed to be a hammer, Dublin Live reports.
And one of the battered victim's pals then drives a white car at the attacker in an apparent move to knock down the man with the weapon.
"There is a lot of trouble in the area with gangs of youths and little disputes that are breaking out," a source told the publication.
The latest fracas happened on Tuesday at around 7pm at the busy junction.
Ethan Foley, who was on board the bus, said: "It started about two minutes prior to me taking the video.
"They ran the red light at the end of the video. I lost visual and so thats where my story ends."
In the clip, an onlooker is heard shouting: "Welcome to Tallaght."
Ethan said: "Important things happened before the video when the guy in the white car approached the red car and initiated the incident, by forcefully opening the red cars driver side door.
"Following on from this passengers from both cars came out and started to fight.
"Those from the white car retreated back to their car, following this those from the red proceeded to open the passenger door on the rear right of the car and proceeded to kick the passenger.
"After this they went back into the red car, and this is where the video starts.
"The guy from the white car appeared to be holding like a cardboard tube for holding paintings or posters when he first went to the red car but in may have been something else."
Police rushed to the scene but when they arrived moments later the attackers had fled.
A Garda spokesman said: "Gardaí received a report regarding an incident on Cookstown Way, Tallaght at approximately 7pm on March 26.
"However when Gardaí arrived no incident to report and no complaint made by any person to date."
