This is what happened in Manchester city centre over the weekend
Manchester city centre's weekend of chaos: Two deaths, an armed siege and 'stupidly busy' Christmas markets

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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 Image
This is the timeline of how events unravelled:
Saturday, 6.30pm - The Christmas Markets stop serving alcohol

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8pm, Saturday - A man dies following a 'large scale disturbance' outside the Printworks and a murder investigation is launched

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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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Midday, Sunday - Armed police surround building on Store Street behind Piccadilly station.

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