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A police officer has allegedly been stabbed outside a UK sport centre as emergency services rushed to the incident.
Emergency services have descended on the scene after reports of a stabbing near Oxford Road, near Manchester city centre this evening (May 12).
Members of the public have been advised to avoid the area, and motorists are urged to make alternative travel arrangements where possible. Greater Manchester Police said they were called to Denmark Road to reports of a man “brandishing a knife” just before 5pm.
When police attended, an officer was assaulted, the force said. Eyewitness Simon Bailey told the Manchester Evening News he got to the scene “about 30 seconds” after it happened.
The man said: “I was walking home from work and I heard sirens and police cars going around the corner.” He added: “When I got there behind them, I saw loads of officers on top of a young guy.
“One of the officers was led away by colleagues and he had a large cut to his left cheek and was bleeding. It looked like he had been slashed with a knife.”
The eyewitness added: “The injured officer was pulled away and got treated. There were about 30 officers there and they cordoned off the road.”
Greater Manchester Police have released a statement on the incident and said: “At around 4.55pm we were called to reports of a man brandishing a knife on Demark Road in Manchester. Police attended the scene an officer was assaulted. A man has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker, possession of a bladed article and possession of class B drugs. He remains in custody for questioning.”
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