Watch moment cops with machine guns raid wrong house

This is the staggering moment up to 15 police officers brandishing submachine guns smash their way into the wrong house during a raid leaving a mum and her six-year-old son terrified.

Officers dressed in flak jackets, stab vests, helmets and carrying Heckler & Koch MP5 guns - which can fire up to 800-rounds a minute - surrounded the house in North Road in Clayton at about 11am.

Footage shows the officers pointing their weapons at the windows and banging on the door before using a battering ram to smash their way in.

But it has now emerged they targeted the wrong house - and instead should have raided a nearby property instead.

Mustapha Motunrayo, 45, was in her living room with her six-year-old son when the ‘ten to 15 officers’ started banging on the door.

Police have apologised for the mix-up and say they will make good the damage.

Still visibly shaken by what happened, Mustapha described how she ran in terror and shut herself and son in the bathroom.

She said:

After leaving her house officers turn their attention to a nearby garage and it is understood they should have raided a flat nearby.

An eye-witness said:

It’s understood that no arrests were made at the address.

And a senior office has apologised for the mix-up.

Chief Inspector Mark Dexter of GMP’s Specialist Operations Branch said:

Eye-witnesses say armed officers had detained a man in the middle of a busy road in Harpurhey less than an hour earlier.

One witness sent a photo of officers on Factory Lane carrying automatic weapons and appearing to show a man on the floor.

Three armed police cars are said to have come “screeching round the corner” before officers carrying guns “jumped out” and shouted for a man to get on the floor.

Another witness said:

It’s believed the suspect was in a silver BMW which was driven out of the road by a police officer, while other police cars blocked off the road.

Harpurhey councillor Pat Karney confirmed the operation was in connection to the shootings earlier in the week.

He said that he has been in regular contact with police since the shootings on Rochdale Road and Derville Walk earlier in the week and was given notice of today’s operation.

Councillor Karney said:

A GMP spokesman confirmed six arrests had been made in connection with the shootings.

GMP said that a 27-year-old from Longsight and a 22-year-old from Harpurhey, have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a man was blasted in the leg and torso at a Chinese takeaway on Rochdale Road in Harpurhey on Sunday night.

The man was taken to hospital with gunshot wounds and underwent surgery.

He is now in a stable condition and both suspects have been bailed pending further enquiries.

Less than 24 hours later, three bullets were fired through a child’s trampoline at the front door of a house on Derville Walk, also in Harpurhey.

Luckily no one was injured, and a 32-year-old man from Moston has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

He remains in police custody for questioning.

Police say that a third incident, which happened at around 8pm on Monday night in Crumpsall, is not connected to the other two.

Officers were called to reports of gun shots on Crescent Road and recovered a sawn off shotgun and pistol at the scene.

A 20-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of possession of firearms and he too remains in police custody.