Man ‘screamed for mum’ after savage attack He was dragged from car and set on by machete thugs
AYOUNG man ‘who feared he was going to die screamed for his mother’ after he was ‘dragged from a wrecked car’ and savaged by a gang of machete and ‘chain’-wielding thugs.
The 21-year-old suffered ‘potentially lifethreatening injuries’ in the sickening attack in Rochdale.
GMP said the victim was set upon following a crash in Rochdale on Tuesday night.
A witness said the man was dragged from a VW Golf - which was later seen inside a forensics tent, before being taken away for examination - after it crashed into a lamp post.
Men who had been pursuing the vehicle in a pickup truck launched a ferocious attack, the witness told the Observer.
The terrifying incident happened on Bentley Street, off Shawclough Road, at around 9.45pm.
No arrests have been made. The victim is being treated in hospital.
The witness described how he went to the window after hearing a loud noise and saw smoke.
“I quickly grabbed my shoes and went running out to see a silver pickup truck pull up and a gang of guys get out,” he added.
“They pulled the driver [out] of the car that had crashed, which was a red
Golf, and beat him and hit him with chains.
“All I could hear was a guy screaming for them to stop, which they did, then casually they got in the pickup truck and drove off
“As I got down to the bottom of the road, a member of the public was already assisting the man who had been attacked who was covered in blood. The car was a total wreck.
“A lamppost had been completely knocked over.
“A BT junction box had been removed from the ground. The man was screaming for his mother, that we ‘call her as he was going to die’.”
The witness detailed shocking facial injuries.
“This guy was beaten very badly and there was a lot of blood,” he added.
“It was very shocking incident. It was quite horrific thing to occur near our normally peaceful neighbourhood.”
A large police cordon was in place on Wednesday morning.
Pictures from the scene showed forensics tents and evidence markers as the investigation continued.
Police are appealing for witnesses.
A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson said: “At around 9.45pm on
Tuesday, October 5, police received a report of a collision and a male being assaulted on Bentley Street, Rochdale.
“Emergency services attended and enquiries established a 21-year-.old man was seriously assaulted by a group of males with machetes.
“He has been taken to hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries.
“Enquiries are ongoing and no arrests have been made.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 0161 856 8067 or 101 quoting incident 2938 of 05/10/21 or Crimestoppers, on 0800 555 111.