The man, who was completely nude, is seen to climb into the driver’s side of the car before being dragged out and pinned to the ground
Terrifying mobile phone footage has shown the moment a completely naked man appears to attack a driver and attempt to get inside a car with a family inside.
The incident, which erupted in Middleton on Sunday (June 29), saw a crazed man ‘running over the roundabout’ and ‘going for any car or person near him’, witnesses claimed.
Police were called to reports of a man, in the nude, that had been approaching vehicles at random on Manchester Old Road, close to the Middleton Archer pub during the afternoon rampage.
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During the incident, first reported by the Manchester Evening News, witnesses claimed the nude man was ‘attacking a guy’ from a car with children inside.
“It was awful. I was two cars behind when he was attacking the guy in car,” one post read on social media. “My girls were also in car, think they’re traumatised bless them.”
New footage posted online and shared with the M.E.N. shows the moment the suspect appeared to become involved in an altercation with a driver outside an Aldi supermarket.
Shouts of ‘get the kids out the car’ could be heard as brave onlookers rushed in to help.
The naked man attempts to climb inside the driver’s side of the vehicle before he is dragged out and forced to the ground.
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The clip was shared on Instagram and has since been viewed more than 30,000 times. Greater Manchester Police confirmed a man was arrested previously.
A spokesperson for the force said: “Officers arrested a man in Middleton town centre on suspicion of assault and criminal damage. He remains in police custody.”
Greater Manchester Police has been contacted for an update.
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