The Gay Village shop under siege from motorbike thugs - and the fear that they have fuelled

Horrifying video footage has THREE times captured masked thugs on motorbikes attacking an adult store in Manchester's Gay Village - as police say catching the offenders is their 'top priority'.

The Manchester Evening News can now reveal the CCTV footage of all three attacks at the Clonezone store on Sackville Street, occurring within the space of just six weeks.

In an emotional recent statement, the store has called the spate of attacks 'premeditated' and 'targeted hate crime' against the business.

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Although Greater Manchester Police are unable to confirm the motivation for the incidents, it is understood their working hypothesis at this time is that the three attacks are a hate crime.

It is also understood that police believe it is the same two offenders that have targeted the adult store on every occasion - but that there is no intelligence at this time to suggest why Clonezone was specifically targeted.

The first attack happened on the evening of March 22 as staff, who have been left 'shaken up' from the ordeal, were inside and working in the store. Bricks were hurled through the windows by the thugs, who sped off from the scene on a motorbike.

It prompted the venue to issue an emotional public statement writing: “Windows can be broken but the LGBTQIA+ community cannot."

The second incident was caught on camera again weeks later, on April 13. Similar to the first attack, two masked individuals pulled up outside on a motorbike before then going on to smash the glass door with a weapon before driving away.

The Manchester Evening News understands that following the second attack, police were able to trace the motorbike used by the offenders to the north