Terror at knifepoint

A UNIVERSITY of Manchester student has spoken about the terrifying moment he and two friends were held up at knifepoint.

The business student, who asked the M.E.N. not to publish his name, was walking home from a night out when he was approached on Egerton Road at around 3.30am last Thursday.

One friend managed to escape but the 22-year-old and his pal were held up by thugs wielding a crowbar and a knife.

“It was two guys in hoodies and one had his face covered. He looked like a total ninja,” he said.

“I looked up and saw one of the guys holding a crowbar. The other guy had grabbed my friend and had a knife pointed at his belly.

“I said ‘I’m not giving you anything’ and he hit me on my left ear with the crowbar.

“I stood my ground and he tried to hit me a few more times but I managed to block him.

“They wanted to freak us out. Then they both tried to attack me at the same time. One of them scratched me on the shoulder with the knife.”

At this point the duo ran off and drove away in a car leaving the student with a swollen left ear and a grazed shoulder.

He said: “They were lowlifes trying to use scare tactics.

“This is my fourth year living in Fallowfield and it’s so much worse now. They have never been so daring before. I’m quite a big person and so are my friends. Who dares attack three boys?”

GMP are investigating the incident.