Over the course of just 72 hours, Greater Manchester Police dealt with two deaths, an armed siege and huge numbers of visitors to the Christmas Markets
This is the timeline of how events unravelled:
Saturday, 6.30pm - The Christmas Markets stop serving alcohol
3am Sunday - The city centre woke to news of another tragedy on Sunday morning. A man died after a hit-and-run on Deansgate - a 15-year-old and a 19-year-old were arrested on suspicion of murder
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Parents have blasted the replica 'Red Light, Green Light' doll's appearance at the shopping centre as 'inappropriate' due to the gruesome nature of the show
Fans of the Netflix series were given the chance to meet the 3m tall singing animatronic doll over the weekend as part of a UK tour