Teenager is stabbed in horror fight which saw 'masked gangs fight with machetes and guns', say witnesses

direct to your inbox Two loaded guns were found in a property in Ancoats during a police raid. Officers raided a property on Naval Street at around 7am this morning (Tuesday).They seized two loaded guns and ammunition.A man - aged 33 - has been arrested on suspicion of possession of a prohibited weapon.Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to your inbox with the free MEN newsletterYou can sign up very simply by following the instructions hereHe remains in custody.

direct to your inboxA man has appeared in court charged with attempted murder after a stabbing in Longsight. Rashid Mehmood, 35, of Northumberland Road, Stockport was before Manchester Magistrates Court on Monday (February 1).

direct to your inboxA knifeman who stabbed five homeless men in 'motiveless' and 'apparently random' attacks faces a lengthy sentence.Kieran McLoughlin, 32, attacked the men in Piccadilly Gardens during a ten minute stabbing spree on a Sunday night.After being arrested, McLoughlin said homeless people 'should be getting off their a*** to do work'.He was unanimously found guilty of five counts of wounding with intent, and one count of having a knife following a Manchester Crown Court

direct to your inboxTwo more people have been charged after police seized what they believe to be a number of guns and grenades during a series of raids in Stretford.Sarah Tervet, 41, and Gareth Curtis, 34, both of Milton Close in Stretford, have been charged with possession of a firearm.They appeared at Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court on Monday morning.They were remanded in custody and will appear at Minshull Street Crown Court on March 1.Four others, all from Stretford, have

direct to your inboxA teenager was knifed in the chest during a shocking attack in Longsight just a week before a 13-year-old boy was stabbed in an Asda car park in the same Manchester suburb.The youngster, 16, suffered a knife wound that missed his heart by a centimetre when he was attacked near Longsight library, on Stockport Road, on Sunday, January 24, his family say.His injuries were not life threatening and he is now recovering at home, the Manchester Evening News understands.

direct to your inboxGreater Manchester Police is being sued by the family of a woman stabbed to death by her boyfriend days after officers failed to act on her pleas for help.

ASDA car park. The boy remains in hospital after being brutally knifed several times last night.

Standish, on Friday evening. A man approached the gang as they tried to steal the car part, before being threatened by the knife-wielding thugs.The three men then fled the scene in a grey Seat Leon.Greater Manchester Police is now appealing for the public's help as they attempt to trace the culprits.

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direct to your inboxTwo men are being treated in hospital after reports of a stabbing on a housing estate in north Manchester.One resident - who heard 'screaming' from his living room - described seeing 'lads with big kitchen knives'.He said they were 'bouncing around' in 'bubble coats' - and heard shouting 'you muppets'.Police officers, paramedics and an air ambulance descended on Cullen Grove in Blackley at around 11.30am on Tuesday morning.

direct to your inboxA man was taken to hospital with lacerations to his head after a stabbing in Moston.Police confirmed that a stabbing involving two men happened on Kenyon Lane at around 6.45pm on Friday (January 22).A 35-year-old man was taken to hospital after suffering lacerations to his head.Police say his injuries are not life-threatening.

direct to your inboxA 17-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of violent disorder in connection with the death of a 16-year-old boy in Moston.Alexander John Soyoye, known as John, died following a report of a stabbing on Birchenall Street on November 7.On Thursday morning, two warrants were executed in the Cheetham Hill and Gorton areas of Greater Manchester.Police say a 17-year-old boy remains in custody for questioning.The warrants were executed as part of Operation Tyrol, which was

direct to your inboxThe fatal stabbing of 17-year-old in Moss Side last summer was part of the same gang feud which ended in a deadly knife attack in the same part of south Manchester in 2016, a murder trial has heard.Four accused teenagers, said to be members of AO, a street gang based in Moss Side, deny murdering Mohamoud Mohamed, 17, who was said to be a member of the rival Rusholme Crips outfit.Greater Manchester Police's anti-gang team, XCalibre Taskforce, had tried to reach out to Mohamoud

fight. A man was stabbed and seriously hurt, though his condition was not said to be life-threatening.

reports of an altercation on Cemetery Road in Swinton at around 10.20pm on Tuesday night (12 January).