Police seal off area after street stabbing
A CAR park was sealed off by police last night after a person was stabbed in Gorton.
Officers were called by the ambulance service to Haworth Road, near Sunny Brow Park, shortly before 6.50pm.
The male, whose age is unknown, was treated at the scene for stab wounds and taken to hospital, police said.
Two huge cordons remained in place late into the evening.
One covered the area from a cash machine at the entrance of Gorton Market to the edge of the Tesco car park.
The other included Oakfield Grove, from one end to the other, and a section of Haworth Road at the bottom where it meets Sunny Brow Park.
Detectives were seen combing the ground outside Gorton Market for evidence.
One resident said the attack happened outside the cash machine and that several assailants had jumped out a car before stabbing the victim.
A CCTV camera was well positioned to cover the area where the stabbing reportedly took place.
It’s understood residents came to the aid of a person who had been stabbed.
One witness described the victim as having suffered graphic injuries the abdomen.
A resident, who gave her name as Susan, told the M.E.N: “I’m very shocked.
“You hear of it in other places. But we never have a problem round here. “It’s a quiet neighbourhood.” A GMP spokesman said. “Police were called to Haworth Road by the ambulance service at 6.47pm.
“A male has been stabbed and taken to hospital.”