Overview
- Video and photographs obtained by local news outlets showed a large group fighting on the first floor of the Tib Street car park in Manchester’s Northern Quarter on Monday night, with an eyewitness estimating about 20 people were involved.
- Officers and ambulance crews sealed off Red Lion Street and the car park entrance after multiple calls to the scene, and at least one person was carried away on a stretcher.
- Greater Manchester Police arrested a 24-year-old man on suspicion of affray and he remained in custody for questioning the following morning while enquiries continued.
- Initial coverage relied on local footage and eyewitness accounts and the force later confirmed the arrest in a statement asking anyone with information to contact 101 or use GMP’s live chat.
- The cordon and emergency response briefly blocked part of the Northern Quarter and police inquiries could lead to further charges or public appeals for more evidence as investigators review footage and witness accounts.