Reports of a ‘machete and gun’ in Manchester estate

    Photo Credit - Daniel Johnson

    Officers were called to a housing estate in Manchester to reports of a person seen wielding a machete and a gun.

    Police attended Bennett Street off Hyde Road in west Gorton at around 2.30pm on Sunday 29 April.

    A damaged vehicle was discovered but it is believed the people involved in the disturbance fled the scene.

    No injuries and no weapons were discovered but an investigation has been launched.

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