5 Stabbings In 2 parts of Greater Manchester in 24 hours

Police launch appeal for witnesses following robbery.
Published 22nd Sep 2015

Part of Manchester City Centre is sealed off after three men were stabbed.

It comes just 24 hours after two men were stabbed on a street in Oldham.

Police say 3 men walked into Manchester Royal Infirmary and told staff they'd been attacked outside Sakura on Deansgate Locks just before 4 O’clock this morning.

They aren’t seriously injured, but CID are at the scene and a forensic tent has been set up while they investigate.

It’s after there was a separate incident of a double stabbing on Red Hall Street in Oldham in the early hours of Monday as well.

Two men in their 20's were walking there, when a man stabbed them in the back and legs after trying to steal one of their bags.

Both were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

A 23-year-old man has been arrested and remains in custody.