Man Fights Off Three Armed Robbers With Sledgehammer And Knife After They Smashed Into His Home

A brave man confronted three armed robbers who broke into his family home with rocks, knives and a sledgehammer.

Three masked men shattered a rear window with a brick before forcing their way inside the family home in England's Manchester, on Sunday evening. CCTV footage shows the group launching a large brick through the rear patio window before entering with the sledgehammer.

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The group reportedly grabbed a knife from the kitchen and made their way upstairs where children were sleeping before having their plans foiled by the hero dad, the Manchester Evening News reported.

¡°We heard a bang where they¡¯d thrown a big brick and it¡¯d smashed the glass so they got in. They had a sledgehammer and one took a knife from our kitchen drawers," the man, who wanted to remain anonymous, told the outlet.

¡°I was upstairs in the bathroom and I rushed out and saw the guys trying to come upstairs so I just jumped on top of him and kicked him in the shoulder. He pulled me down from my legs and I somehow managed to jump up and my wife handed me a baseball bat as our neighbours came and knocked at the door. They [the robbers] got scared I guess and left. It was very terrifying but we¡¯re ok, I just have a few bruises so it could have been worse," he added.

While the family, fortunately, escaped the terrifying incident without any major injuries, the family¡¯s young daughter has been terrified ever since.

The man said that earlier that evening, he had been alerted by his security system, while he was in the hospital with his critically-ill son, who is currently undergoing treatment for leukaemia.

The security system showed two men wandering around the back garden of his family home.

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He quickly alerted his wife, who was at home with their two children and his mother-in-law. They soon headed downstairs and spooked the men into leaving.

When he returned home just a couple of hours later, the three men entered the back garden and broke in.

The couple had decided to buy a baseball bat in case they needed to defend themselves after one of their neighbours had their house broken into and their car stolen a few months ago.

He was able to scare off the three men.

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