Takeaway terror as shots fired

Photo: Paul Sterritt

Shots were fired at the Golden Fortune take away in Grimshaw Lane.

TERRIFIED staff at a Chinese takeaway dived for cover when yobs fired pellets at the window.

The gang targeted three takeaways and a house with what police believe is a ball bearing gun during the rampage on Saturday.

Police were called to Grimshaw Lane, Middleton on Saturday night after two takeaways were shot at, one near Middleton Junction. They discovered another had also been damaged in Hollinwood Avenue, near the Moston/Chadderton border

Shortly after 11.10pm a house was targeted in Woodstock Road, Moston. No one was injured and police are linking all four incidents. They believe a BB gun was fired from a dark-coloured car.

Two customers were in the Golden Fortune in Grimshaw Lane, near Middleton Junction, when it was hit. No arrests have been made and inquiries continue.

People with information should phone the police on 101 or the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800-555 111.