Series of knife attacks in Greater Manchester ends with suspect stopped at Manchester Crown Court
On 9 November security personnel at Manchester Crown Court stopped a man who attempted to enter the building carrying a knife. Manchester Evening News reported that Greater Manchester Police arrested the 18-year-old suspect, who suffered a hand injury and was taken to hospital.
Earlier in November, Manchester Evening News documented a series of knife attacks across Greater Manchester: an 18-year-old was stabbed on Market Street in Bury on 1 November; a stabbing occurred outside a casino on Lever Street in Manchester city centre; armed officers responded to a knife assault on Mansfield Street in Ashton-under-Lyne, leaving a man with a hand injury; and on 5 November a man in his 30s was hospitalized with serious injuries after a stabbing near Middleton Gardens. The Sun reported that a knife fight on Herne Street in Openshaw injured two people.
