Two women have been shot within eight hours of each other amid fears of escalating gang warfare in Greater Manchester.
A 65-year-old was blasted in the leg in Clifton area on Friday evening with what are thought to be shotgun pellets and is in a stable condition in hospital.
And a 33-year-old woman was shot in Middleton in the early hours of yesterday while getting out of a car. She too was hit in the legs and is being treated for serious wounds in hospital, although her injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.
Detectives are treating the incidents separately but have not ruled out if one or both are connected to gang warfare.
