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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Andrew Bardsley

Members of public feared potential terror attack as knifeman randomly slashed people during horrific ten minute stabbing spree

A knifeman who caused terror in the city centre as he randomly stabbed homeless people has been handed a 23 year sentence.

Kieran McLoughlin, 32, slashed four men to the face, and another to the back while in full view of a busy Metrolink stop, during a 10 minute spree across Piccadilly Gardens and Market Street.

The senseless stabbings caused panic, with fears that the seemingly random knife attacks could have been a terrorist attack.

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