POLICE are investigating after a mass brawl at a supermarket over coronavirus social distancing rules.

Shocking footage shows a woman swinging punches at customers and shop workers after the ruck broke out in the Birmingham store.

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Dramatic video captured the violence erupting after the woman apparently mistook a customer for a member of staff.

She was said to have become angry at the man failing to follow Covid-19 social distancing measures at the Medina Superstore in the Lozells area of the city.

In the video, uploaded to the website Birmz Is Grime, the woman can be heard asking the store owner: "Do you own this shop? Why do you have a worker like that?"

She then starts swinging at several men who quickly become involved in the unsavoury scuffle as another person starts shouting "He is a customer. He is a customer."

'JUST CALM DOWN'

Bystanders look on bemused at what is happening as products are strewn across the aisles.

A man in a red top then tries to break up the fight. In the clip, he says: "There were five of you on a woman. Just calm down, calm down."

The owner then can be heard complaining: "She smashed up my shop. I haven't done anything wrong. It was all her."

A worker at the Medina Superstore, who did not want to be named, said tempers flared after the woman became irate at the man flouting social distancing rules.

The small store can be seen crammed full of customers, despite government warnings about remaining 2m apart, while only a few people can be seen wearing masks or PPE.

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The member of staff said: "It was an issue between two customers. It all started over the social distancing protocols.

"The male customer was standing in her way, talking to another person. He was basically blocking her path

"The woman started shouting about social distancing and got angry. She actually then left the store but then came back because she thought he was a worker.

"That's why you can hear someone say he's a customer. He's nothing to do with us. I think she really got angry when she saw someone recording.

AISLE BE DAMNED

"She did apologise later, on the phone. She is actually a regular customer with us.

"This is something that happens sometimes.

"But we are a genuine business.

We've got a post office too and we could have had 90 per cent of our salary paid by closing due to the coronavirus outbreak.

"However, we thought that we are the only post office open and NHS staff, older people and people who don't have anybody rely on us. If we close, what are they going to do?

"We're genuine people, but when somebody starts throwing punches and starts chucking stuff off the shelves, damaging property, we're not gonna allow that.

"With social distancing, people are getting easily offended."

Cops are investigating after a report the woman was assaulted by a group of men.

OFF THEIR TROLLEYS

Last month, dozens of customers were captured fighting with each other for loo roll in a Home Bargains store in Nottingham.

Desperate staff could be seen screaming at the yobs as they crushed other shoppers to get their hands on new stock.

Earlier this month, shoppers were filmed brawling in an Asda cereal aisle during the coronavirus lockdown.

Shocking footage showed three women scrapping in the busy supermarket while customers follow social distancing rules during the pandemic.

Following the Birmingham brawl, West Midlands Police spokesperson said: "We are investigating after a woman was assaulted by a group of men at a shop on Lozells Road, Lozells at 2.30pm on Sunday (12/4) after it is alleged she confronted one of them about social distancing.

"Fortunately she was not seriously injured."

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