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Two rival girl teenage gangs went beserk in a mass brawl

25 women went beserk in a mass brawl just inches from live railway tracks. The huge punch-up between two rival teenage gangs, one of which was travelling to a nearby fun fair, left two girls needing hospital treatment. Police say some of those involved used snooker balls wrapped inside socks to club their opponents around the head. Other items which could have been used as weapons were also discovered littered around the area and on train tracks in the aftermath of the brawl. It began on the platform at Shoreham train station but spilled onto the railway tracks, endangering the lives of those fighting and also those of people travelling on late night trains.Officers arrested two women, an 18-year-old and a 20-year-old, both from the Brighton area on suspicion of causing affray.The pair were bailed to report to Worthing police station on May 17.A spokeswoman for British Transport Police said: "It was a pretty big fight."It began when one group of women got off the train at Sho...