Police are investigating after a teenager was chased by a masked gang on mopeds before being punched in the head and robbed.
The 16-year-old victim was targeted as he walked through the Hartshead estate in Ashton-under-Lyne at around 2pm on Monday afternoon.
According to GMP, he had been around the top of St Albans Avenue, near to Lees Road, when he was spotted by four people wearing balaclavas and travelling on two mopeds.
One of the gang jumped off the back of the scooter he was on and started chasing after the boy.
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He caught up with the victim, and punched him in the head before stealing his trainers he had in a bag.
The thief then ran off onto Norwich Close and into the clough.
Both mopeds drive away from the scene, both off the estate - one towards Alban Court and the other towards Hurst Cross.
PC Steve Naylor, of GMP Ashton Hurst, said an 18-year-old man had been arrested in connection with the incident.
He remains in custody for questioning.
Officers are continuing to appeal for witnesses, and are urging anyone living on the estate - particularly those on St Albans Ave, Exeter Drive, Salisbury Crescent, Truro Avenue, Westminster Avenue, Winchester Avnuee, Litchfield Avenue - to check their CCTV systems.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Ashton Hurst team via email on ashtonhurst.ward@gmp.police.uk quoting crime reference number CRI/0066/0010108/19.
