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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Olivia Williams

Man stabbed by gang as families enjoy sun and children play in park

A man was stabbed by a gang in broad daylight as families played in a park nearby.

Police were called to Priory Road in Anfield today, Saturday, April 8, at around 4.20pm to reports a man, in his 20s, had sustained injuries to his face and leg following a stabbing. The man was found nearby and taken to hospital for his injuries, which are not thought to be life threatening.

A group of men suspected of carrying out the attack fled through Anfield Cemetery. When the ECHO attended the scene a cordon was in place at the entrance of the cemetery, at one of the entrances of Stanley Park and surrounding railings opposite Anfield Cemetery.

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