“My neighbour knocked on and said you know your kids are out the back? There are police outside with guns.”
22:34, 05 May 2025Updated 22:41, 05 May 2025
Man led out in handcuffs during counter-terrorism raid(Image: JMG Press)
Dramatic pictures and videos show the moment terror police swooped in and made arrests in another raid in Greater Manchester on Monday night (May 5).
CTFO (Counter terrorism specialist firearms) officers surrounded a property on Inkerman Street in Hyde before bursting through the doors.
Witnesses claimed two men were taken away from the scene, with one of the men seen with a bloodied head as he was marched out of the property. A police van left the scene minutes later.
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Pictures showed a heavy police presence in attendance, along with Tactical Aid Unit vans. A number of officers remained at the scene late into the evening, with some carrying bags and camera equipment and focusing their efforts around a ground floor flat.
Dramatic moment terror police swoop in and make arrests in another raid
Tense footage showed the moment a number of armed officers approached the property while being filmed by onlookers.
It comes after crack troops from the SAS joined raids at three sites across Greater Manchester on Saturday (May 3), thought to have foiled a suspected Iran-backed terror plot.
The armed soldiers joined counter terror police and GMP in swoops in Rochdale, Stockport and in Manchester, while linked raids also took place in Swindon and in London, on Saturday night.
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Three suspects from Greater Manchester were taken into custody, along with two others from Swindon and London. Police were give permission to hold four of five suspects for a further five days in connection with the terror plot investigation.
The Met Police also announced on Monday that searches were continuing across Greater Manchester and other parts of the UK as part of the ‘pre-planned’ investigation into a suspected attack on an unnamed ‘specific premises’.
The Manchester Evening News has now contacted the Metropolitan Police to ask whether the counter-terror raid in Hyde was linked to this investigation, but has not yet received confirmation.
Those living nearby to Inkerman Street told of the moment armed officers suddenly stormed the residential street on Monday night. Others had to scurry their children inside who were playing in the garden.
Police at the scene of the raid(Image: JMG Press)
“It’s scary when this is on your own front door,” one person said “I had no idea what was going on. It happened so quickly. I don’t know anything about the people who live there, and I walk past here with my dog every day.”
Another resident of Inkerman Street said she saw ‘what she thought was the army with guns’ running down the street. “There were so many of them,” she said. “My neighbour looked out and saw all these officers running round back with these big guns.”
A number of residents said they heard ‘lots of shouting’ at around 7pm. Another man who lives a few doors down said he woke up from a nap and saw ‘all the police with guns’.
Armed officers were called to Inkerman Street(Image: JMG Press)
Another woman told of the moment her neighbour informed her that armed police were out the back of her property while her children played outside.
“I had no idea as I had family round,” she said. “Then my neighbour knocked on and said you know your kids are out the back? There are police outside with guns. Have you not heard the dogs barking?
“So I ran out and was shouting ‘get in!’ It’s scary so close to home.”
The Metropolitan Police and Greater Manchester Police have been approached for a statement.