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
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.