Andy Burnham has promised Greater Manchester Police will do everything they can to make students feel safe following a stabbing in Fallowfield. The mayor said his heart goes out to the family of the 19-year-old boy who was killed in a 'random attack' in Wilmslow Road yesterday morning (October 26).
Police have now confirmed that the young man who was taken to hospital with stab wounds was a student at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU). Speaking on BBC Radio Manchester this morning (October 27), Mr Burnham said students should feel safe in the city and promised to help however he can.
But he refuted claims that there is a 'knife epidemic' in Greater Manchester. He said: "I know when these incidents happen they are high profile, they're shocking, but the figures don't say that there is a massive increase between last year and this year. But of course, everybody would say it's far too high.
