A man shot dead on a Salford street early this morning was a university student visiting for Christmas, police have revealed.
The 23-year-old victim, Anuj Bidve,?was shot dead after being approached by two men as he was walking with friends near a McDonald's restaurant on Ordsall Lane at around 1.35am.
One of the men produced a handgun and shot the victim at close range, before running away towards Asgard Drive . Police have not yet named the man but have now said that he was a university student visiting Greater Manchester with friends.
Anuj, a postgraduate electronics student at Lancaster University, was part of a group of nine male and female Indian students who were visiting Manchester for a short break over the Christmas holidays.
Police have said that they think neither the victim nor his friends knew his killer.
Armed officers arrived within minutes and Anuj was taken to hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
GMP are appealing for information and have released descriptions of the two men. The gunman was white, in his mid-20s, of slim build and wearing a grey top. The other man was of heavier build and wearing a black jacket.
At around midday today, police cordoned off Asgard Drive, the road to which the two men were seen running away after the shooting.
Extra patrols and an increased visible police presence will be out in the area over the coming days.
Chief Superintendent Kevin Mulligan, divisional commander for Salford, said: "Our deepest sympathies go out to the man?s family and friends at this very traumatic time.
"Our investigation remains at an early stage and we are building up a picture of what happened, but there appears to be no obvious motive for killing of a young student who was simply visiting Manchester for the festive period.
?This will undoubtedly cause shock and upset in our community and we share those feelings. We will relentlessly pursue every possible lead we have in order to identify the offenders and bring them to justice.
"I want to reassure people that Greater Manchester Police has already launched what will be a painstakingly thorough investigation to find who did this. We have detectives from our Major Incident Team who are highly experienced at solving murders working alongside neighbourhood officers who know this area inside and out so we already have a large team in place to investigate this murder.
"I believe the answers to who did this will lie in our community. Someone will know who was responsible and I want to implore those people to be courageous. This young man was simply visiting Manchester with his friends and has been killed, and his family deserve to see those responsible brought to justice. Please, if you know something, then do what is right and come forward ? anonymously if necessary. If it was your brother, son, husband or friend who was killed while visiting another city you would want justice, so please help us do the same.
"Over the past five years, GMP has achieved some dramatic reductions in the number of guns being fired and people being killed. Sadly, there are still people out there with access to guns and as this tragic incident shows, it takes just a second for someone with a gun to deprive a family of a loved one.
"I would again urge anyone who has information about this murder to come forward."
Anyone with information is asked to call the incident room on 0161 856 5448 or the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
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