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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. A police community support officer who is in a critical condition after being stabbed in the neck is undergoing emergency surgery for a second time.
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 47-year-old man had been helping a housing organisation in Greater Manchester with an eviction when he was stabbed at about 1030 GMT.
The PCSO was taken to Tameside General Hospital where he underwent emergency surgery on his injuries. He was taken to hospital for surgery but returned to theatre when he deteriorated in intensive care.
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 The PCSO, who has not been named, was attempting to serve an eviction notice on a man at Elizabeth Avenue in Stalybridge when the attack took place.
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. Staff and bailiffs representing New Charter Housing Association had requested a police presence while they carried out the eviction.
He was not wearing a stab-proof vest or body-armour at the time of the attack. Eviction notice
A police spokeswoman said: "The officer has just got out of surgery and is in a critical condition." Deputy Chief Constable Dave Whatton, of Greater Manchester Police, said: "Police officers and the local Police Community Support Officer had arranged to attend while the eviction was being carried out.
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. "The Police Community Support Officer, a 47-year-old man, arrived before the police officers.
Police could not confirm the age of the stab victim and said details of the incident were still being established. "A conversation then took place between those present from the Housing Association and the Police Community Support Officer and a man.
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. "A short time later the man came out of the house and attacked those present.
His family are understood to have been informed of the incident. "He lunged with a knife and cut the Police Community Support Officer on the neck."
The man, who is among some 7,000 PCSOs across the UK, was not wearing a stab-proof vest or body-armour at the time of the attack.
Community support officers are uniformed civilians who work alongside regular police constables.
Their job is to carry out high visibility patrols, reassure local communities and gather intelligence. In some forces they also help with tasks such as evictions.