They told Stockport's Mr Big who was really in charge. Then the burning started
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe attacks were carried out with a degree of coordination that 'bordered on military precision'. The aim was 'to do as much damage as possible in the shortest possible time'.
On the night of April 17, 1994, a spate of terrifying petrol bomb attacks was launched in Stockport. In just four hours one school was burnt to the ground and five others were badly damaged.
A florists, two cars and two education centres were also torched. At the height of the blitz 200 firefighters were tackling 12 separate blazes.
Remarkably no-one was hurt. READ MORE: 'I've seen people killed': Tyson and Tommy Fury uncle Peter Fury on betrayal, Dougie Joyce and 'rollercoaster' life The morning after, one fire chief told the Manchester Evening News: "It looks like an orchestrated conspiracy to do large-scale damage." But the man police strongly suspected of being behind the 'terror blitz' was nowhere to be seen.
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