Teenager stabbed in Openshaw

    An investigation has been launched after a teenager was stabbed in Openshaw.

    At around 8.30pm yesterday evening, 30 October, police received a report that a 17-year-old boy had been stabbed multiple times in the back.

    The incident took place at the traffic lights on Ashton Old Road near to the Morrison’s supermarket.

    Witnesses reported a group of men got out of a van waving what appeared to be sticks or bars before fleeing the scene.

    The teenager has been taken to hospital where he remains in a serious condition.

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