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<\/p>\nA man was left with horrific injuries to his eye and a bloodied face following the brutal scrap which first broke out on Shop Street in Tuam, Co Galway last Friday evening.<\/p>\n
A man sustained a horrific injury during the incident. <\/p>\n
A man has been arrested after a violent scrap involving a machete, acid and a wheel brace played out on the streets of a Galway town.<\/p>\n
A man was left with horrific injuries to his eye and a bloodied face following the brutal scrap which first broke out on Shop Street in Tuam, Co Galway last Friday evening.<\/p>\n
Shocking video footage has since emerged showing a number of men engaged in a brawl outside an opticians in front of horrified passers-by.<\/p>\n
At one point in the video a man can be seen using a wheel brace as he reigns down several blows on another in the street.<\/p>\n
As the row continues a man is heard shouting \u201che started this,\u201d as others shout and scream while the brawl continues.<\/p>\n
The victim is at this point already covered in blood as another man is seen spraying what appears to be a substance in his direction.<\/p>\n
A gruesome picture has also emerged of the victim covered in blood and with serious wounds around one of his eyes.<\/p>\n
Sources have told the Irish Mirror that acid was used in the attack – as well as a machete and the wheel brace.<\/p>\n
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Screengrab from footage of a fight in Tuam, Co Galway where one man was left with horrific injuries to his face.<\/p>\n
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One of the men involved in this altercation sustained a horrific injury to his forehead. <\/p>\n
It comes amid a violent feud in the area which has escalated in recent days.<\/p>\n
Gardai subsequently arrested a man in relation to the row – while three men ended up in hospital from the incident.<\/p>\n
A garda spokesperson said that officers responded to a report of an incident of violent disorder at Shop Street, Tuam, Co Galway, at around 9:20pm on 31st July 2026.<\/p>\n
\u201cThree men (aged in their 30s and 40s) were brought to University Hospital Galway for treatment of serious but non-life-threatening injuries,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
\u201cA man, aged in his 40s, has been arrested as part of the investigation and is being detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 at a station in the Garda North Western Region.<\/p>\n
Garda\u00ed are appealing to anyone who may have been in the Shop Street area between 9:00pm and 9:30pm and has camera footage (including dash cam or mobile phone recordings) to make this footage available to investigating Garda\u00ed.<\/p>\n