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| Police in Greater Manchester have started a murder inquiry after a man was stabbed to death in an alleyway. | Police in Greater Manchester have started a murder inquiry after a man was stabbed to death in an alleyway. |
| Officers were called to Wood Lane in Partington at about 0230 GMT after reports of a disturbance. | |
| They found 23-year-old Donald Donlan in an alleyway behind Cheshire Road. He had been stabbed several times. | |
| Mr Donlan, from Partington, was taken to Trafford General Hospital where he later died. Police appealed for witnesses to come forward. | |
| Ch Supt Janette McCormick, head of Greater Manchester Police's Trafford division, said: "This tragic incident has left Donald's family and the wider community devastated. | |
| "We are grateful to this close-knit community's support in our inquiry so far, but appealing for anyone with any information around the circumstances surrounding Donald's murder to get in touch with us. | |
| "We have now put high visibility patrols in place, including community contact points and we have set up confidential telephone lines. | |
| "We have been working throughout the day with community leaders to ensure that people in the area still feel safe, and this will continue. | |
| Anyone with any information on Donald's murder is asked to call police or Crimestoppers. |