'The idiots put themselves on fire they're Britain's dumbest criminals'

SHOP BOSS SLAMS PETROL CAN ARSONISTS

- JAMES HOLT

THE owner of a convenience store that was doused in petrol and deliberately set alight by three masked thugs has spoken out about the horror arson attack, slamming the suspects as 'Britain's dumbest criminals.

CCTV footage, given to the M.E.N, shows the three men, wearing hoodies and face coverings, running up to the Zafs GoLocal store, on Butler Street, near Ancoats on Sunday evening before one man is seen to pour petrol over the floor.

A wall of flames quickly erupts as a man inside is seen fleeing the store. Seconds later, the suspects, one of which appears to be on fire, are seen quickly making off from the scene.

Owner Zaf Iqbal, 39, whose family have owned the shop for more than 40 years, has spoken out about the moment he got the call to tell him the store was on fire and had been targeted.

One of the appeared to set himself on group fire in the incident and was seen running flames.