Emergency services called after reports of fight involving people 'armed with a screwdriver and a metal bat'

28.02.2022 - 01:51 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk

A fight broke out in Bolton between a man and a 'group of young people'.

Emergency services rushed to the scene of the brawl, on Rishton Lane in Great Lever on Sunday afternoon (February 27).

Police had been called at around 2.45pm to reports of a fight in the north Manchester suburb.

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A section of Rishton Lane was then cordoned off by police at the junction of Grecian Crescent, for around two hours as enquiries were made.

Numerous police vehicles were present, including a forensics van and an ambulance.

Greater Manchester Police have since confirmed that a number of people had been arrested.

Eyewitnesses at the scene told the M.E.N that they saw a man 'arguing' with a group of younger people shortly beforehand.

They also said a car window had been smashed in the confrontation.

She said: “He confronted them and when we came out they had come and smashed his car window while his little one was in the car.”

She added that she saw someone carrying a screwdriver, another person with a metal bat and someone with a block.

“I rang the police because I could see a group of people round a car and I could see the victim. I saw him he had blood all on his face.”

Another witness who claimed to have scene part of fighting, Irfan Mahmoud, said: “I saw a woman she was bleeding heavily. I tried to give her first aid.

“She was bleeding a lot from her head.”

Pictures taken at the scene show a smashed window on a white vehicle, which was parked just outside of the cordon.

Police left the scene at around 7pm on Sunday evening.

A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police said: "At around 2.45pm on Sunday 27