Searches are taking place and arrests have been made
Police descend on Central Avenue, in Farnworth(Image: submitted/Ring)
This was the moment police moved in on a Bolton street before making arrests in the aftermath of the Manchester synagogue attack.
Six people have been arrested across Greater Manchester after two men were killed and four injured in a terror attack in Crumpsall on Thursday (October 2).
Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, was shot dead by armed police outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue minutes after they were called out to reports of a car being driven into people and a stabbing during Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
Neighbours have told how they saw a man and a woman being led away in handcuffs as police raided a home on Central Avenue, in Farnworth.
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Doorbell footage shows several police officers outside the semi-detached house on Thursday night.
Searches are ongoing at the property today (Saturday). Get the latest updates from our live blog here.
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One neighbour told how police raided the home at around 9.30pm on Thursday and later saw two suspects being taken away in a van.
She said: “We got a phone call from a neighbour saying there were police outside. We could see massive tactical aid unit van, three unmarked cars and loads of police vans.
“There was a man standing outside the door in handcuffs. Then he got escorted away in a van. About an hour later a woman got arrested and she was taken away in cuffs.”
Officers, and officials thought to be counter-terror police, search a property in Farnworth(Image: Phil Taylor)
Another neighbour added: “I first saw the police about 10.30pm – 11pm on Thursday. I opened the curtains and saw all these police cars and vans outside. It’s mad.”
This morning, officers could be seen searching the home, while it’s thought counter-terror cops were also at the scene.
Witnesses said a grey Fiat Bravo estate had also been towed away from outside the property, with the moment also being captured on doorbell camera footage.
Police search a property on Central Avenue, Farnworth(Image: Manchester Evening News)
Greater Manchester Police has confirmed the scene is linked to Thursday morning’s attack on the Heaton Park synagogue in Crumpsall.
Tributes have been paid to Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66, who died during the attack.
Two men in their 30s and a woman in her 60s were arrested on Thursday and were being questioned on suspicion of commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism.
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On Friday evening, GMP confirmed another man and two women, aged between 18 and their mid-40s, had been arrested.