Yet more blood has been shed in a week of violence across Greater Manchester which saw the heartbreaking loss of a teenage boy. Kyle Hackland was just 17-years-old when he was stabbed on Southlea Road, in Withington, last Tuesday morning (November 22).
He was rushed to hospital but later died of his injuries. It was yet another episode of knife crime sending a shockwave across Manchester - and yet another family grieving the loss of a life cruelly taken far too soon.
But it was just the first stabbing to take place that day. A man was left fighting for his life after being stabbed in a 'disturbance' on Harlech Avenue, Whitefield, at around 5pm.