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An angry dad captured the moment he confronted two men he accused of stealing flowers and stuffed toys from a memorial set-up in the wake of the Manchester terror attack .

Mark McNally, 43, was heading back from his local pub in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, when he claims he saw the men take two bunches of flowers and a blue Smurf toy from the display.

When confronted, the men claimed in broken English they were actually putting flowers down on the display, not taking them - while one holds the toy.

Footage shows Mark angrily berating the duo, before telling them to return the flowers and then telling them to leave or he would 'knock the s*** out the pair of [them].

Mark, an engraver, said: "Memorials are a mark of respect and that's widely understood.

"I was raging inside but luckily I kept it together well. I was so angry with it all.

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"There had been a vigil at the sundial in the centre of town for the victims of the attack and people laid flowers, cards and teddies there.

"At first, I'd had a couple of pints and I sat down facing the road waiting for my bus.

"I wasn't sure what they were doing but they were acting a bit strange so that's when I started to film them.

"I saw one of the guys with flowers in his hands and originally I thought he was going to put them on the memorial but then I saw them walking away with them.

"Unfortunately, I didn't notice they had a stuffed toy as well when I was there."

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Mark was also helped by a passerby, Tyler Willerton, who chased down the men as they walked away and took the flowers to lay back on the memorial.

In the video, the men try to calm down Mark, who was appalled by their actions, by claiming they simply liked the flowers.

Mark said: "There was a younger fella who chased them and managed to take the flowers off him.

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"It just goes without saying that even a child would know what it was there for.

"News about this tragedy has spread all over the world and everyone knows about it, so I don't believe they didn't know what they were doing.

"It's very clear that it's a memorial even though there was a language barrier.

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"There is no instance when it would be okay to steal flowers from something like this," he added.

"The attack is shocking. I have children myself and I can relate it to them and can't imagine what it would be like to lose a child in such a tragedy.

"Even though they struggled to speak good English, I think they could understand what I was saying."

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"We didn't have a proper conversation but they said they liked the flowers and I presume they were taking them home or something," he added.

"It's something that even young children would know not to do.