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| A police community support officer is in a critical condition in hospital after being stabbed in the neck during an attack in Greater Manchester. | |
| The officer had been helping a housing organisation with an eviction on Elizabeth Avenue in Stalybridge when he was stabbed at about 1030 GMT. | The officer had been helping a housing organisation with an eviction on Elizabeth Avenue in Stalybridge when he was stabbed at about 1030 GMT. |
| The PCSO was taken to Tameside General Hospital where he underwent emergency surgery on his injuries. | |
| A 63-year-old man from Stalybridge has been arrested on suspicion of wounding. | A 63-year-old man from Stalybridge has been arrested on suspicion of wounding. |
| No body armour | |
| Greater Manchester Police have confirmed that the PCSO was attacked with a knife while overseeing bailiffs carry out the eviction of at least one person from a property. | |
| He was not wearing a stab-proof vest or body-armour at the time of the attack. | |
| A police spokeswoman said: "The officer has just got out of surgery and is in a critical condition." | |
| GMP has yet to confirm whether any other officers were at the scene at the time of the stabbing or for how long the man had been a PCSO. | |
| Police could not confirm the age of the stab victim and said details of the incident were still being established. | |
| A spokeswoman added the man had been stabbed in the neck with a knife while overseeing bailiffs carrying out the eviction of at least one person from a property. | |
| His family are understood to have been informed of the incident. |