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Four men arrested after street fight with machetes

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Police were called to Trafford Road, in Rushden, Northamptonshire, on Thursday evening

Four men have been arrested after a fight involving machetes in a residential street.

Northamptonshire Police said two men aged 19, one aged 35 and the other aged 36, remain in police custody after the incident in Trafford Road, Rushden, between 19:30 and 20:30 BST on Thursday.

The force said there was an "affray involving several males with machetes who then left the scene in a white transit van, a red Ford Fiesta and a silver Ford Focus".

It appealed for any witness to come forward.

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