Police have launched an investigation after it was reported that a 'fight broke out between hundreds of teenagers' near the Arndale shopping centre.
A huge police presence was sparked in the city centre just after 3pm yesterday (Sunday) with some nearby shops reportedly evacuated.
GMP said patrols and specialist officers dispersed a 'large group of people acting in an anti-social manner'. Eye witnesses told the M.E.Nthat the group were seen fighting on Exchange Square. READ MORE: Shops evacuated in Manchester city centre after 'hundreds of teenagers seen fighting' outside Arndale Police were also seen dispersing smaller groups of teenagers from inside the Arndale shopping centre.
Shortly after, shoppers were evacuated from the nearby Marks and Spencer shop, on Market Street, when an alarm was sounded. Councillor Pat Karney, who was also among those evacuated, said customers also had to leave Selfridges due to the brawl and retailers on New Cathedral Street had to close temporarily.
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