FOUR HURT IN STABBING HORROR
MAN TASERED IN DRAMATIC TRAM STOP ARREST
TWO people were stabbed and another two injured during a bloody knife attack in Manchester city centre which ended with a dramatic arrest at a tram stop.
One eyewitness described hearing a homeless man ‘screaming’ during chaotic scenes last night.
Police responded to reports that two people had been stabbed just before 6.20pm.
One person was taken to hospital and a further three were injured during the incident, Greater Manchester Police said.
Footage shared by one passerby shows officers pinning a man to the ground on a crowded platform at the Market Street tram stop.
A 30-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of serious assault. GMP said a Taser was used during the arrest.
Mitchell Jemmeh was walking towards Market Street when he saw the incident unfolding in front of him. He believes a homeless man was stabbed.
He told the M.E.N.: “A homeless man was surrounded, he was screaming.
“Then a group of lads shouted to the people surrounding the homeless man: ‘He’s on the tram, he’s here.’
“Everybody on the tram got off, leaving this one male on his own on the tram. He was cornered on the end carriage of the tram. Then two female PCSOs came running over being cautious telling the surrounding crowd to back off.
“Two or three plain clothes police officers then detained him, he was struggling, trying to resist. He was then Tasered and taken to the ground.
“As this is happening two other males appear to be stabbed, one was next to the first homeless man. He had a wound to the face and was bleeding from the face. The other was on the other side of the tram stop at a bin.”
Trams travelling through Market
Street were suspended while officers dealt with the incident.
A police cordon was still in place along the length of the Market Street tram stop last night. Officers also cordoned off an area of pavement close to Piccadilly bus station.
Police are urging witnesses or anyone who has footage or information to contact them on 101, quoting incident number 2353 of 12/01/2020, or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.