A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman's body was found inside an apartment in Ancoats .

The discovery was made after police were called to reports of a man going on a rampage smashing cars and attacking people in Ancoats.

The woman's body was found at Shush Apartments, on Swan Street.

Witnesses reported seeing a man jumping out of the second-floor window of the apartment block onto a Hyundai i30.

He began to throw punches at the family inside the car, hitting a woman in the face.

The man fled along Cross Keys Street and then smashed the rear window of a BMW travelling along Marshall Street.

He tried to drag the woman from inside the car, but was unsuccessful and was “smearing blood” everywhere.

Greater Manchester Police then arrived to the scene and a man was arrested.

Officers entered the flat and found the body of a woman.

The 37-year-old man is being held on suspicion of murder.

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