Several petrol bombs have been thrown at a row of supercars outside a wedding venue in a terrifying attack in Birmingham.
Three landed close to guests, including a baby, outside the Royal Shalimar venue in Sparkbrook, Birmingham.
Two more landed near what are believed to have been a Lamborghini and a McLaren.
The attack took place at 8.30pm yesterday during celebrations at the Highgate Road venue while around 500 guests were eating inside.
CCTV footage from the scene shows three people, dressed in black, standing across the road.
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One of them launched three of the projectiles, landing on the pavement in front of the building.
A second person is then seen close to the line of cars either throwing another petrol bomb or pouring fuel onto the fire, causing a ball of flames.
Some wedding guests ran for their lives while others kicked the projectiles away from cars or got into them to move them.
Police said the suspects fled on foot down Mole Street before getting into a white VW Golf.
It was only thanks to the quick thinking of venue workers that further damage was prevented.
Witness Fahim Kayani said: ‘I was aware of a disturbance outside. The restaurant staff responded very quickly and put out the flames with fire extinguishers before the emergency services arrived.’
Mr Kayani, president of the Kashmir co-ordination committee, added: ‘Everyone stayed very calm but it could have been a lot worse.
‘There was a big wedding and lots of people around. Young people were standing not far from the cars that were firebombed; one kicked one of the missiles away before it could roll under one of the cars. One young child was just a few metres away.’
A West Midlands Police spokesperson said they were appealing for witnesses and reviewing CCTV.
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