TWO young men were knived today during a street fight - and some emerged PROUD of their *lo**y injuries.

The fight came as murder cops quizzed a teen over the stabbing of 18-year-old Freddie Moody in south London and the family of murdered Ben Kinsella buried the 16-year-old.

After the clash - believed to be between two gangs - two males checked into Homerton hospital, in north east London, where they were treated for stab wounds.

One set of thugs returned to pick up a coat left at the scene in Homerton High Street seconds before cops arrived - in an apparent attempt to remove any identification.

One horrified onlooker - a florist close to the scene just outside the hospital - said: I could see that everyone in the street had stopped. I went outside to look and I could see two groups having a go at each other at a bus stop.

There was a bus there but it couldnt move. A blue car was in front of it and a black car was on the other side. There were about four to six people fighting. They were all black.

I was told one of them had been dragged out of the car - I think one group was trying to get away but by the time I saw it, it looked like all of them were fist fighting.

Jubilant

Then I saw a guy getting into a car who had *lo** across his shoulders and chest. He looked jubilant even though he was injured. It was unbelievable, the injury didnt seem to worry him at all.

There was another guy with *lo** all over his head and all this time there were people on the other side of the road with children who were really frightened.

You know this sort of thing happens but not normally at 11.30am on a busy high street.

A woman, who also works in the street and asked not to be named, said: I saw the two cars drive off. I could see there was someone on the ground. He was bleeding around by his chest and he seemed quite stocky although he could have been young.

He got up and managed to run off but then suddenly he came back to pick up his coat and then disappeared again. It was bizarre.

The florist added: One of the cars came back to pick the coat up. Maybe he wanted to get rid of any ID that was in it. The car sped off just as the police were coming down the road. It was a close run thing.

A worker at a nearby supermarket said he was not surprised at the knifings.

He said: I heard there were six of them and all of them were injured. Itll be about drugs, it always is because people want a big car and they think thats an easy way to get it.

Its getting worse - this happened on the same day as the funeral of that other teenager.

A kebab shop worker who gave his name as Yunus said: Its dangerous around here. We do deliveries on motorbikes and they are often stolen. Our riders have stones thrown at them and you see people fighting with dogs and now knives.

Its always been bad here but in the last two years its got even worse.

A forensics tent covers the spot at the bus stop where the fight took place. A cardboard box has been placed over what appears to be a large pool of *lo** and a single trainer has been left on the pavement.

Police say two people, believed to have been involved in the incident are being treated in hospital.

It is not believed the injuries are life threatening.

A Scotland Yard spokesman said: We were called at 11.04am to Homerton High Street to reports of a group of youths fighting.

No-one was at the location on arrival. It appears a group drove off in vehicles. Two males presented themselves at hospital with stab wounds. No arrests have been made and enquiries continue.