Police are chasing a killer on the run after a woman was 'stabbed to death' this afternoon.
Emergency services raced to the Ashton Canal in Droylsden, eastern Manchester, after the alarm was raised at around 12pm on Friday. The woman tragically passed away after a male suspect who allegedly stabbed her ran off in an unknown direction.
The woman, who has not yet been named, was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency services at 12:43pm. As reported by the Manchester Evening News, this was around 45 minutes after police received reports of a stabbing in the area.