Machete gang threatens to kill couple and their three children in jewellery raid

The gang threatened to cut a mans ears off as they demanded valuable jewellery in the latest in a series of raids targeting Asian families in north Manchester and Salford

A gang armed with machetes and knives threatened to kill a couple and their three children - including a one-year-old baby - in a terrifying raid.

They also threatened to cut a mans ears off as they demanded valuable jewellery.

It is the latest in a series of raids targeting Asian families in north Manchester and Salford.

In the latest attack, four masked men smashed their way into the familys home in Broughton Park, Salford, through patio doors.

They burst in at 1am today leaving Asma Asham, her husband, Nazir, and their children, aged eleven, nine, and one, petrified.

In a raid which mirrored six others in the Cheetham Hill, Salford, and Blackley, areas in the last two months they threatened extreme violence.

The gang escaped with jewellery, watches, phones, and stole the familys black Honda Civic car.

Two of the gang escaped in the Honda and two others fled on foot.

During the raid a necklace was pulled off from Mrs Asham and threatened to slice her husbands ears off.

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Machete gang threatens to kill couple and their three children in jewellery raid