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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
James Holt

Police forced to break up crowd of 'around 100' young people in Manchester Arndale as five teenagers arrested

Police were forced to break up a crowd of around '100' young people on Monday afternoon, who had begun gathering in the Arndale shopping mall after a teenage boy was arrested on suspicion of robbery.

The incident, caught by shocked bystanders on camera, sees a huge number of teenagers gathering outside the Ernest Jones shop on the first floor of the centre, with officers and security staff then having to intervene to split up the chaos.

It has since been confirmed that a total of five teenagers were arrested at the scene before the crowd dispersed. One was arrested on suspicion of robbery, with three boys and a teenage girl taken into custody on suspicion of a public order offence.

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