Police have tasered and arrested a man after four people were injured in a stabbing incident in Manchester city center.
Officers were deployed to Market Street shortly before 6. 90 pm to reports that two people had been stabbed and a man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of serious assault.
The 101 – year- old suspect was tasered during the arrest, which witnesses said happened outside a Primark store just across from Piccadilly Gardens.
Footage posted on social media showed officers among a large crowd on a Metrolink station platform outside the clothing shop, and numerous police vehicles parked nearby with their lights flashing.
Manchester Evening News reports that a police cordon stretches the entire length of the Market Street tram stop.
Four people have been injured in total, with one taken to hospital for treatment.
Greater Manchester Police said the violence was being treated as an isolated incident.
The force said it was not terror-related and there is not believed to be any wider threat to the general public.
But officers remain at the scene and public transport has been disrupted, with the Metrolink and bus services both affected.
Transport For Greater Manchester tweeted: “Due to a police incident on Market Street in the city center, there is no through route between Piccadilly Gardens and Fountain Street / High Street. @MCRMetrolink services are affected.
“Please plan ahead if you are traveling in the city tonight.”
Anyone with information is asked to call 111, quoting incident 11907379 of 30 / / 2020. Alternatively, call Crimestoppers anonymously on 823 ********************************** (****************
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