{"id":1811,"date":"2026-03-31T08:29:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/1811\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T08:29:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:29:11","slug":"police-issue-update-on-radcliffe-suspect-after-six-hour-massage-parlour-stand-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/1811\/","title":{"rendered":"Police issue update on Radcliffe suspect after six-hour massage parlour stand-off"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 26-year-old man was taken into custody following the dramatic stand-off on Monday\"The<\/p>\n

The suspect was arrested following a stand-off(Image: Kenny Brown \/ Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n

A man who was arrested following a dramatic six-hour stand-off with armed police in Bury<\/a> remains in custody for questioning, police have confirmed.<\/p>\n

Officers were first called to Stand Lane<\/a> in Radcliffe<\/a> following reports of a ‘disturbance’ at a massage parlour at around 2.15pm yesterday (Monday, March 30). It is understood there had been an argument at the business that then escalated involving an armed suspect<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Those inside the business managed to escape before armed officers and counter-terrorism firearms cops arrived and cordoned off the area. Greater Manchester Police<\/a> said it was reported that threats were made by a suspect who was in possession of a blade.<\/p>\n

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Video footage and pictures showed guns being pointed at the Sunflower Massage building amid the dramatic incident. Following a six-hour stand-off, a 26-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of making threats with a bladed article and put into the back of a police van in handcuffs.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for GMP confirmed this morning (Tuesday) that he remains in custody to be quizzed by detectives. The investigation into the incident is ongoing.<\/p>\n

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Armed police on the scene in Radcliffe(Image: Kenny Brown \/ Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n

Witnesses told how armed police and counter-terror cops were ‘yards away’<\/a> from families picking children up from nearby schools and nurseries and that officers with shields were aiming guns at windows of Sunflower Massage, close to the junction with Jackson Street. GMP later confirmed that the incident was being treated as ‘isolated’ and not counter-terrorism related.<\/p>\n

The landlady of the building, Frieda Ehsan, spoke out as the police negotiations were ongoing. She told the M.E.N: “It was just before 3pm and my tenant messaged me and said ‘boss, I’m in a bit of a mess here because a guy’s come in and I need your husband to come down.’ I said to ring 999 and she did, then as soon as I came down, it had all been cordoned off.<\/p>\n

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The police scene in Radcliffe(Image: Kenny Brown \/ Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n

“They said we can go back in once they get the guy out and check the property. First of all, I am just glad the tenant is safe, that was my main concern. I am not bothered about my property, but I am happy she is with police.<\/p>\n

“I just live round the corner. I’ve been around here for 24 years but we’ve never come across anything like this. We own quite a few properties on Stand Lane, but we’ve never come across this.”<\/p>\n

Last night, Chief Inspector Andy Wright, from GMP’s Bury district, said: “Our officers responded swiftly to reports of a man threatening members of the public with a knife at an address in Radcliffe earlier this afternoon. We understand how alarming these incidents may be to local communities and the wider public, but I would like to reassure you that this was an isolated incident and our armed officers were on scene to manage any potential risk.<\/p>\n

“I would like to thank you all for your patience whilst our officers have been responding to this incident, and I urge anyone who may have concerns or questions to please speak with officers on scene and local patrols. They will always be happy to support.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 26-year-old man was taken into custody following the dramatic stand-off on Monday The suspect was arrested following…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1812,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[1328,1327,5,6],"class_list":["post-1811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uk","tag-bury","tag-radcliffe","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}