Sign up for the MyWigan newsletter for the biggest stories direct to your inbox A man was threatened with a knife and punched in the face in a terrifying attack in Wigan.
Police were called to King William Street in Tyldesley at around 9am on Friday (August 27). They received reports of a personal robbery.
The victim, a man in his 40s, was threatened with a knife and punched in the face by two men. He was able to escape and was taken to hospital as a precaution.
Officers attempted to stop search a suspicious man who matched the description of one of the attackers. He fled the scene but was later traced and searched.
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