'Corrosive substance attack' near primary school investigated

A mother's car has been attacked by two men clad in balaclavas as she collected her two children from school.

Police are currently responding to the suspicious incident outside a school in Openshaw.

Shortly after 3.20pm officers were called to Parkhouse Street to reports that two men had damaged a car as a woman was collecting her two children from the school.

The men, who were both wearing dark clothing and balaclavas, smashed the windows with weapons before pouring an unknown corrosive substance on the car. A search of the area is ongoing as police work to find those responsible.

Inspector Colin Macdiarmid, of Greater Manchester Police’s City of Manchester Division, said:

Anybody with information should contact police on 101, quoting incident number 1110 of 25/09/18, or the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.