A BRAVE neighbour has captured the shocking moment people armed with samurai swords appear to launch a ‘gang attack’ in Reading.

The video, which was captured in the early hours of February 25, shows up to eight masked people surrounding a silver Audi on Regent Street.

They appear to hit the vehicle, which is still running, on its wing mirrors and bonnet as well as smashing the windows with the weapons.

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No one appears to be inside the vehicle at the time despite it running.

A resident’s car alarm can be heard going off through the video of the incident which is said to have happened at about 3am.

Video credit: JIX5A

One of the armed people can then be heard shouting an inaudible command and the whole group run from the resident street.

The 30 second video was captured by a resident from a window. It is believed the driver may have fled before the attack.

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On Twitter, eyewitness Rajbir Kaur Sarwara said: "We heard screaming people, we saw from the window about 6, 7 really big guys smashing windows with big knives,"

The Reading Chronicle has asked Thames Valley Police for a statement about this incident