Hero imam stabbed

A MUSLIM surgeon stabbed in the neck as he walked to his mosque helped treat victims of the Manchester Arena suicide bombing, it emerged yesterday.

Nasser Kurdy, 58, avoided serious injuries when he was attacked in a suspected hate crime as he arrived for afternoon prayers at the mosque where he is a lay imam.

The consultant orthopaedic surgeon said he had narrowly avoided catastrophic damage to nerves controlling his hands. Mr Kurdy treated victims of the Manchester Arena bombing, which killed 22 people in May.

Two men arrested after the attack were still being quizzed by detectives last night.