Greater Manchester police said a man was struck in ‘targeted attack’ in city centre on Sunday but said it was not terror-related

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Police are hunting for a lorry driver who drove at pedestrians in Manchester city centre.

Greater Manchester police said a man was struck in the “targeted attack” on Sunday evening but said it was not terror-related.

Officers said the man who was hit by the vehicle left the scene in a BMW before police arrived.

The red lorry then chased the man in the BMW for a short time and the window of the car was smashed, police said.

The man who was struck by the lorry was later found by police with no serious injuries.

Ch Insp Gareth Parkin from the City of Manchester team said: “When this call first came in we were obviously concerned but we quickly established that this was not terror-related.

“Thankfully there were no serious injuries, we could have been dealing with a much more serious situation.”

Greater Manchester police said they were appealing for witnesses to help identify the driver of the lorry.

Parkin added: “This was the city centre and there were lots of people in the area who would have witnessed the commotion.”

Anyone with any information is asked to contact police on 101 quoting the reference number 2337 of 23/07/17 or alternatively contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.