Police have arrested at least three football fans after a pub brawl in Leicester city centre.
Officers were called to the Richard III pub, in Highcross Street, at about 3.30pm.
It is understood that an ashtray was thrown at a group of football supporters by a second group of men.
A fight then erupted and police were called to the scene.
Officers were able to calm the situation before making the arrests.
Eyewitness Ruth Holland, 51, from Narborough, was driving past at the time and said a traffic cone missed her car by inches.
She said: "I was going into the Highcross car park and saw them all out in the road.
"Then one of them threw a cone and just missed my car.
"It all happened so quickly I didn't really know what was going on."
Nearby businesses also got a shock as the violence erupted.
Jamie MacKay, assistant manager at nearby salon Danique, said: "At first I thought they were just messing around but it started to get a bit heated.
"Then they started shouting and fighting in the street."
A spokeswoman for the police confirmed that officers were called to the scene and that "at least three people have been arrested".
Leicestershire Police's football command twitter account tweeted this afternoon that five Aston Villa fans had been "arrested for fighting in Leicester City Centre"
Police have not released any further information about the incident this afternoon.
Leicester City beat Villa 1-0 at the King Power Stadium.
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