Shoppers were evacuated in the city centre on Sunday afternoon after it was reported that a fight broke out between 'hundreds of teenagers'.
There was a huge police presence sparked across the city centre, including at Exchange Square and New Cathedral Street.
And shops, including Marks and Spencer and Selfridges had to evacuate their customers due to the brawl, councillor Pat Karney has said.
Retailers on New Cathedral Street also had to close temporarily.
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Pictures showed a large group of people outside the shopping centre at around 4pm on Sunday afternoon, January 30.
Eye witnesses told the M.E.N that a group of teenagers were seen fighting outside the Arndale centre, at Exchange Square.
Police were also seen dispersing smaller groups of teenagers from inside the Arndale shopping centre.
Shortly after, shoppers were evacuated from the nearby Marks and Spencer shop, on Market Street, when an alarm was sounded.
It comes just two days after a teenage boy was stabbed in the Next store inside the Arndale centre.
Councillor Pat Karney, who was also among those evacuated, told the Manchester Evening News: "We suddenly heard the alarms go off and the staff rushed us out the building, we all thought there was a fire at first.
"We went out into New Cathedral Street and saw a crowd of at least 50 teenagers running down the road.
"The police then came and split them up and quickly moved them away from there too.
"Cops did a brilliant job controlling the situation and breaking them up. It was madness and very scary for shoppers.
"It looked like it was some sort of organised fight or meet up.
"They all looked aged between nine and 17 years old, they were all young."
A row of police officers were also seen stood on New Cathedral street, blocking the group of teenagers from getting past.
Greater Manchester Police has been contacted for more information on the incident.
