The streets were busy as football fans headed to the Etihad Stadium for an important Premier League fixture. Manchester City were playing Brighton, as the Blues continued their campaign towards securing another league title.
Over the past decade, the club's success on the pitch has become a phenomenon. But in the midst of this crunch game, another phenomenon was playing out just just half a mile away.
The scourge of knife crime, a cancer on society. A huge police cordon had been erected, with a tent and screens put in place to shield members of the public from the horrors of what had happened about an hour before the City game kicked off.
