A family have been left terrified after an armed gang smashed into their Salford home whilst their young children were sleeping.
A group of three masked men, armed with a sledgehammer, broke into the family home in Monton, Eccles, on Sunday evening. Shocking CCTV footage from the house on Granville Street shows the group forcing their way in after throwing a large brick through a back window and running inside with a sledgehammer.
The dad, who agreed to speak with the Manchester Evening News anonymously, claimed the group then grabbed a knife from the kitchen.
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