Sign up for the MyWigan newsletter for the biggest stories direct to your inbox A family were brutally attacked by a gang of armed burglars in their own home in Leigh.
The terrifying incident happened on Hill Crest Avenue between 11.10pm and 11.20pm on Wednesday (September 1). Police say four balaclava-clad men wielding weapons entered the property and attacked a man and a woman.
The pair, aged 41, were both at home at the time. Four other people inside the house managed to push the gang outside. The men fled empty handed, turning right on Wigan Road.
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