Witnesses have described the shocking moment a gang armed with a 'Samurai sword' began throwing gas bottles at a house in a terrifying broad daylight attack.
The violence erupted on Sunday afternoon on Propps Hall Drive in Failsworth, Oldham. CCTV footage seen by the Manchester Evening News shows a grey Range Rover pull up outside the house at 5pm as the men inside the 4x4 gesticulate towards the people inside.
Around six people then come out of the semi-detached house, armed with weapons including what appears to be knives, sticks and bricks, and begin hitting the Range the Rover, which speeds off. Read more: Two 14-year-old boys charged after attempted robbery of delivery driver Seventeen minutes later the Range Rover returns and a male brandishing what appears to be a sword gets out of the vehicle and walks into the front garden.
Five or six blue gas canisters are thrown at the house, smashing the front window. Again a number of people armed with weapons come out of the house and the Range Rover drives off.
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