Two teenage boys, aged 18 and 17, have been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm with intent to endanger life and possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life.
They are in police custody.
The arrests are in relation to an incident which happened yesterday morning when a 19-year-old man was attacked by two men at the crematorium in Bayswater Road, Barton.
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