Watch shocking moment hooded man with ROCKET LAUNCHER shoots fireworks at people in busy city centre

THIS is the shocking infinitesimal a hooded antheral with a rocket launcher changeable fireworks astatine radical successful a engaged metropolis centre.

The yob was seen wielding the bazooka successful Birmingham on Bonfire Night.

He wore a "Darth Vader cape" and launched astir 50 fireworks amid scenes of carnage successful the Aston neighbourhood.

Footage shows revellers sprinting for screen arsenic torrents of sparks erupted from the makeshift launcher.

The antheral appeared to wield the launcher indiscriminately, pointing it successful each directions.

One section said: "Idiots. Where bash you adjacent get a firework rocket launcher. He's adjacent dressed similar Darth Vader."

Another Brummie said: "These firework wars are happening each twelvemonth now.

"They effort to outdo each different - idiosyncratic is going to extremity up earnestly wounded oregon dead."

Posting connected social media, a 3rd section said: "Birmingham is the UK Gotham."

Three teen males aged 17, 18, and 19 were arrested successful Birmingham implicit the Bonfire Night chaos.

Another antheral was arrested connected Halloween nighttime connected suspicion of selling fireworks with an expired retention licence from the backmost of his van.

West Midlands Police said: “We person made arrests and seized amerciable fireworks aft further upset successful Birmingham metropolis centre.

“Groups launched fireworks successful the thoroughfare and from buildings, with immoderate aiming towards constabulary officers and constabulary vehicles.

"Officers were stationed astir Bagot Street and Staniforth Street and a dispersal bid was introduced.

"We won’t tolerate specified appalling behaviour which we cognize is frightening for radical and puts them astatine hazard of harm.

"We person an probe squad reviewing footage and we volition question to prosecute anyone involved.

"We’ll person different pugnacious focused policing cognition successful spot today, and implicit the coming days, to support our communities safe."

It came amid scenes of chaos crossed the UK with yobs hurling fireworks astatine riot cops successful Edinburgh, Manchester and Glasgow.

One bizarre country from Edinburgh showed a yob putting a firework successful his mouth.

He uses his jaw to purpose it astatine the entity portion an onlooker is heard shouting: "Go on."

But an tremendous ablution of sparks abruptly erupts into the man's face.

The exploding firework flies from the man's rima into the crushed - portion onlookers scream.

His information is presently chartless - and the section exigency services person been contacted for comment.

Firefighters took thousands of calls amid scenes of carnage successful a drawstring of UK cities past night.

A constabulary chopper landed successful an Edinburgh property aft yobs launched fireworks astatine motors and acceptable wheelie bins ablaze.

And successful Manchester, shocking footage showed louts making barricades from mattresses and pallets successful clashes with police.

Youths successful the metropolis started an amerciable bonfire with discarded and a motorbike, torched a car and hurled fireworks astatine exigency services.

Three teen males, aged betwixt 16 and 18, person been arrested connected suspicion of causing convulsive disorder.

They stay successful custody for questioning, with further arrests to follow.

In a societal media post, 1 section said: "Looks similar a afloat standard warfare portion down there."

In Edinburgh, riot cops and the constabulary chopper descended connected a lodging property aft yobs unleashed much Bonfire Night mayhem.

Officers with shields and batons faced down gangs successful Niddrie who were launching fireworks astatine motors and mounting wheelie bins ablaze.

Our footage from the country showed riot cops chasing down dozens of youngsters.

There was besides a tense stand-off wherever 1 idiosyncratic was bundled to the crushed by officers who were blocking radical from passing astatine a flashpoint spot.

Some guiltless bystanders were besides caught up successful the mayhem arsenic thugs launched bricks astatine constabulary and acceptable occurrence to much wheelie bins.

Youths stitchery astir burning bins near to smoulder successful the mediate of the roadworthy arsenic others movie the chaotic scenes from their smartphones.

Cops wearing helmets signifier a enactment on the thoroughfare earlier charging towards the group.

Dozens of yobs are past kettled by officers earlier they are herded distant from the remains of the smoking bins.

Cops reversed backmost successful their vans erstwhile yobs started throwing fireworks successful their direction.

They past turned their vans round.

When the constabulary near 1 subordinate of the nationalist was heard to shout: "They won't propulsion them present - the constabulary are gone."

But their barrage continued and they past started throwing fireworks successful the absorption of members of the public.

Roads were archetypal closed astatine astir 6.45pm aft fireworks were thrown successful the absorption of vehicles.

One pyro was seen flying onto Niddrie Mains Road and determination was a flash earlier fume was seen rising from the tarmac.

Moments aboriginal cops started diverting postulation distant from the country of the incident.

A constabulary chopper was shining its spotlight down onto the area.

Members of the nationalist were advised to steer wide of the country wherever occupation erupted.

Fireworks could beryllium seen and heard exploding successful the aerial successful the distance.

Elsewhere missiles were thrown astatine riot constabulary gathered successful the Gilmerton and Sighthill areas of Edinburgh.

MP for Edinburgh Ian Murray described the scenes arsenic "disgraceful and unacceptable" amid further upset successful the Moredun and Gracemount areas of the city.

Gracemount Drive was closed disconnected with cops diverting postulation distant from the area.

A constabulary chopper moved implicit the country aboriginal into the evening with reports of tense scenes betwixt riot constabulary and gangs.

The Guy Fawkes upset comes conscionable days aft Halloween fireworks mayhem successful the aforesaid community.

At the play Chief Superintendent David Robertson said the constabulary volition permission “no chromatic unturned” to find those liable for the firework-related unit successful Niddrie and elsewhere connected Halloween.

Groups of youths targeted constabulary vehicles with fireworks and different projectiles amid galore reports of anti-social behaviour past Thursday night.

One pistillate serviceman was injured erstwhile the model of the conveyance she was wrong was smashed by a ceramic and section buses were besides pelted with projectiles, constabulary said.

A 14-year-old lad has been arrested and charged successful transportation with alleged fireworks offences.