article_snippet.sent: Police are trying to find a gang of vigilante paedophile hunters accused of posing as children online and then beating up men who agree to meet children.
article_snippet.sent: One teenager has told Greater Manchester Police One teenager was beaten up by the gang, who reportedly tricked One teenager into believing One teenager was meeting an underage girl in a church car park after dark.
article_snippet.sent: One teenager had spoken to on on the internet in Atherton - but when One teenager got there One teenager was attacked by a gang of men who accused One teenager of being a paedophile.
article_snippet.sent: One teenager has told Greater Manchester Police One teenager was beaten up by the gang, who reportedly tricked One teenager into believing One teenager was meeting an underage girl in a church car park in Atherton (pictured)
article_snippet.sent: police said: 'These men were targeted because These men had illegally arranged to meet up with underage girls online.
article_snippet.sent: I want to make it clear that grooming and arranging to meet up with children you have met over the internet is a criminal offence and if you are caught doing this you will be arrested and prosecuted. '
article_snippet.sent: It is unacceptable that the vigilante group are posing as underage girls and meeting up with men with the view to either blackmailing the vigilante group or attacking the vigilante group in the street. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Gang in North-West allegedly beating up and blackmailing string of men .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Gang in North-West pose as children online and attack those who agree to meet children .
  