Police issue urgent warning to parents ahead of Halloween and Bonfire Night celebrations
manchestereveningnews.co.ukPolice have issued an urgent warning to parents ahead of Halloween and Bonfire Night celebrations over the coming days. The force has warned that anti-social behaviour 'will not be tolerated', including attacks or abuse against emergency workers across the region.
Earlier this week, Greater Manchester fire service (GMFRS) said assaults on their staff, along with police and paramedics, surged by a fifth last year during the Halloween and Bonfire Night period. READ MORE Horror moment fireworks explode in street after being launched at screaming children It comes after the Manchester Evening News reported how youths have been wreaking havoc on the streets of Collyhurst and Miles Platting in recent weeks, with bins set alight and fireworks hurled at people.
In a recent incident, captured in terrifying footage, a child appeared to have been struck by one of the flares before it exploded in the street beside a garden.
Last year, more than 10,000 incidents of anti-social behaviour took place in Greater Manchester from the start of September to mid-November, according to figures.
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