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Callum Godde

Machete thugs run riot at rugby league 'harmony' event

More than 20,000 "edged weapons" have been taken off Victoria's streets in the past year. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

A suspected machete brawl has erupted outside a community sports event as police slam young thugs and the premier insists the state is safe.

A large group of youths, believed to be armed with machetes, got into a fight after NRL Victoria's Harmony Cup at Broadmeadows in Melbourne's outer north on Saturday night.

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