A dramatic brawl at a Surrey mall last Saturday has the head of a local crime prevention organization calling on police to pay serious attention.

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According to Reid-Sidhu, it happened on Saturday night (Aug. 10) at a strip mall in the citysa国际传媒檚 Strawberry Hill neighbourhood.

Reid-Sidhu shared a video of the incident on Facebook and said she was concerned for the safety of the public. She noted the incident has been reported to Surrey RCMP, who advised her they would step up patrols.

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sa国际传媒淪o tired of all this violence,sa国际传媒� she added.

Surrey RCMP said Monday that no one officially reported the incident and urge the public to call them to report such behaviour.

Constable Richard Wright said the first time he saw that video was via a reddit.com link.

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Wright said as a result of the video, the Crime Reduction Unit has opened an investigation into what went on and police ask anyone who recognizes anyone in the video to talk to police.

sa国际传媒淭he best way to get information to us is to call us, then share the video with us rather than have it come to us through the ether,sa国际传媒� he added.

Call Surrey RCMP at 604-599-0502.

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