Moment armed cops storm WRONG house and arrest WRONG man: Police hunting fugitive burst into family home and lead out bloodied taxi driver who shares surname with suspect
Armed police hunting a man in connection with a shooting stormed a house in Oldham only to arrest the wrong person - who has the same surname as the suspect.
West Yorkshire Police officers who were searching for Kashif Hussain, 43, in relation to a firearms incident in Bradford last month, stormed the family home of Shazad Hussain earlier this week, and arrested both him and his brother at gunpoint.
Mr Hussain, 39, was at his home on Wednesday evening (February 9) when he spotted armed police outside his front window. When he opened his front door he was confronted by the barrel of a machine gun, and an officer who immediately bellowed 'get down on the floor'.
Dramatic eyewitness video shows an officer pointing a gun through Mr Hussain's open front door before the bloodied and shaken taxi driver is led bare foot into the street from his house.
He is then seen with a wound on his left brow, with blood pouring into his eye, and running down his cheek.
Mr Hussain and his brother, Sharaz Hussain, 36, who arrived at the scene after hearing a commotion when his brother accidentally dialled his phone during the arrest, were both handcuffed during the dramatic raid.
Sharaz emerged from his home with a cut above his left eye and a gash on his knee, which he claims were injuries he received from his arrest.
The pair, who were released without charge, say they aren't related to Kashif Hussain and have demanded an apology from the force.
Footage shows the moment armed police arrested Shazad, a taxi driver, on his doorstep.
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Speaking of the terrifying moment, Sharaz said: 'I could see somebody looking through the window. I opened the door and armed police were in front of me. The guy was right there with a battering ram.
'I thought at first someone was trying to rob me. Then an officer came to the front with a gun pointing at me. He was shouting: 'Armed police, get down on the floor'.
'I was barefoot. Two other officers gripped me and threw me onto the floor. 'I'm shouting: 'What the hell have I done?'.
'I've not tried fighting with them. They didn't give me a chance to speak or anything. They just bust me to the ground.'
Sharaz said one of the officers asked his pregnant wife if she knew Kashif, before checking Sharaz's identification.
He said the raid left his family, including his eight-year-old autistic son and 18-month-old baby boy in shock. He was also left with a cut over his left eye.
'I was bleeding all over my face,' he said. 'It was covered in blood. My right knee was gashed.'
Sharaz was taken to Ashton-under-Lyne police station, where his photograph was taken and he was put in a cell.
He and his brother were released together at around 11:30pm.
'The sergeant just said: 'You're not being charged, we're sorry, you're free to go,' Sharaz said.
'It was terrible. I'm 36. I was born and bred in Oldham. I've worked all my life. I have no bad record. This was like going through hell for me, my wife and the kids. My wife was traumatised. I was traumatised.
'There was no need for the way they treated me. I would have understood if I came out flying or angry. I wasn't.
'They just gripped me and threw me on the floor. What sort of preparation did they do?
'I want an apology from the people who arrested me. I want a proper, public apology. I want everybody to know what happened.'
Shazad, also a taxi driver, said: 'Someone has seen [the police appeal] and told the police it was my brother.
'It was totally wrong. My brother didn't resist arrest. I was traumatised, handcuffed and humiliated.'
A statement from West Yorkshire Police said: 'Armed police were deployed to an address in Oldham on arrest enquiries for a man wanted in connection with an investigation into a firearms discharge in Bradford, who is known to have links to the area.
'Both men who were present at the address were taken to a police station as part of an identification process.
'Both were released from custody once it was established that neither were the man being sought.'
