Police are asking for the public's help in tracing the family of a man found dead at work.
09.12.2023 - 17:43 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Residents on a quiet Salford street woke up to the sight of police tape blocking their local leisure centre this morning (Saturday).
Normally a place for children's birthday parties and swimming lessons, Irlam and Cadishead Leisure Centre on Liverpool Road in Irlam had become the centre of a crime scene. While many residents slept, officers descended on the centre’s car park at around 6.15am after receiving reports of a stabbing.
There they found a male victim with a cut to his leg. He was rushed to hospital and treated for injuries described as 'superficial'.
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Another man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of assault and remains in custody for questioning. Ages of the men are yet to be confirmed.
One resident who was woken by the police’s arrival was the former landlord of the nearby pub The Ship. The ex-landlord, who did not give his name, said he was woken up at around 6am to blue ‘flashing lights’ coming through the bedroom window of his home on Liverpool Road.
“I saw all the lights flashing through my curtains. I looked out and all the police were out there. There were four police cars and an ambulance,” he said.
Around an hour later he saw a police cordon had been put in place and the leisure centre had been taped off with customers being ‘turned away’. It's understood the facility was closed until 11am this morning, when staff confirmed it had reopened.
He said he initially thought someone had broken into the centre or there had been a mugging at the parcel drop off location outside.
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