A 15-year-old boy and 41-year-old woman have both been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder (Picture: MEN Media)
Parents have have been left too terrified to let their kids go out after a 14-year-old boy was stabbed while answering the door in Manchester.
The teenager is currently fighting for life in hospital following the ‘sickening attack’ yards from two primary schools in the Levenshulme area at around 8pm on Monday.
A 15-year-old boy and 41-year-old woman have both been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. Both remain in police custody to be quizzed by detectives.
One woman, who did not want to be named, said: ‘I’m shocked. There’s two schools here, a church, a park. There’s so many kids ‘It’s frightening to think anyone would do that to anyone but particularly to a 14-year-old child. It’s absolutely disgusting.’
A man who also lives close to the scene said: ‘The first we heard about it was when they came at about 9pm last night. I wasn’t here but my partner was.
‘They came again this morning and took our CCTV footage. They said someone had been stabbed that was it. We haven’t watched it so we’re not sure if it shows anything.
‘It’s just shocking. I have four kids including a 14-year-old son as well. It’s not good. Really shocking and really scary. It makes you worried about them being out and about.
‘We have been here for the last six years and there have been small things, broken windows etc, but nothing like this. This is the first big thing like this to happen. So it’s really scary.’
Police at the scene in Levenshulme, where a 14-year-old boy had been stabbed and seriously injured after answering a knock at the door (Picture: MEN Media)
Another mum said: ‘I was at home with son, doing his homework and we heard the sirens. Then we looked out and could see all the police. I didn’t hear anything before that.
‘The police came round and asked us for any footage, and said someone had been stabbed but didn’t tell us anymore. But to hear it is a young boy is a big shock.
‘My son is 15 years old so it’s very worrying. Very scary. It makes me not want to let him out in this area. I won’t let him out of my sight now.’
A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson said: ‘At around 8pm on Monday,February 26, officers were called to reports of a stabbing at an address on Stovell Avenue, Manchester.
‘It was reported that a 14-year-old boy had been stabbed and seriously injured after answering a knock at the door.
‘The boy was taken to hospital where he remains in a critical condition.’
Detectives say they believe it to be a ‘targeted attack’ and that there is ‘no risk to the wider public’.
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Detective Chief Inspector Gareth Davies said: ‘This is a really sickening attack on a young boy which has left him in a critical condition in hospital.
‘I would like to reassure the community that our investigation is progressing at a pace and this morning two people, a 15-year-old boy and a 41-year-old female, have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
‘Enquiries continue to piece together the full circumstances of what has occurred and who is involved in the attack. We believe this is a targeted attack and there is no risk to the wider public.’
Officers have been going door-to-door and asking for CCTV or doorbell camera footage as their enquiry ‘progresses at a pace’.
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