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| Youth stabbed to death on street | |
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| A murder inquiry is under way in Greater Manchester after a 17-year-old boy was stabbed to death. | A murder inquiry is under way in Greater Manchester after a 17-year-old boy was stabbed to death. |
| Police were called to reports of a disturbance in Winton, Salford, on Friday night. | Police were called to reports of a disturbance in Winton, Salford, on Friday night. |
| Officers found the teenager in New Lane with serious stab wounds to the stomach. He was taken to Hope Hospital where he died a short time later. | |
| The boy is the second teenager to be stabbed to death in Greater Manchester in the last month. | The boy is the second teenager to be stabbed to death in Greater Manchester in the last month. |
| No-one else was injured in the incident at 2300 BST, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said. | No-one else was injured in the incident at 2300 BST, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said. |
| A team of detectives are investigating and officers are currently at the scene, which has been cordoned off. | |
| A spokesman said: "Officers are at the early stages of this inquiry, but now want to hear from any witnesses who could assist the investigation." | A spokesman said: "Officers are at the early stages of this inquiry, but now want to hear from any witnesses who could assist the investigation." |
| We have had a few stabbings around here in the last few months Anonymous resident | |
| Police have secured two cordons at the scene, one at the end and another a short distance away between the junctions of Sarah Street and Lavinia Street. | |
| An attendant at a petrol station between the two crime scenes said police had taken away some CCTV tapes for examination. | |
| A man who lives in Florence Street, near to the crime scene, described hearing girls screaming at the time of the stabbing. | |
| The resident, who did not want to be named, said there was often trouble in the area between teenagers walking home from local pubs. | |
| Another man said: "We have had a few stabbings around here in the last few months. It's not a gang problem but just kids getting drunk, armed with knives, who are getting into arguments. | |
| "You wouldn't think there was a problem during the day but it's a different story at night." |