Officers carry out life-saving treatment after man assaulted in Manchester city centre

Greater Manchester Police responded to a fight in a city-centre restaurant

Author: Jodie SmithPublished 28th May 2023

Greater Manchester Police neighbourhood officers say they provided life-saving treatment after a man was injured in a city centre restaurant.

Police were called to reports of a fight at St Ann's Square, Manchester city centre, at around 4:10pm yesterday (27 May).

Officers from the Longsight and Rusholme Neighbourhood Policing Team performed emergency CPR on a man before paramedics arrived to take him to hospital.

He remains in a serious but stable condition.

Stephen Wiggins, Chief Inspector of GMP's City of Manchester Central division, said: "The officers acted quickly and decisively - all our officers are trained to carry out CPR and in this case may have saved a man's life.

"He is recovering in hospital and hopefully he will make a full recovery.

"We are proud of all our officers and in this case we are putting them forward for a commendation."

A man has been arrested on suspicion of assault and remains in custody for questioning.

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