Bleed cabinet installed in Old Trafford to help stabbing victims before emergency services arrive

“Enough is enough, put down the knives. Save our kids’ lives ”. Two children stabbed, both dying of their injuries.

Two families torn apart, both left devastated by their loss. And they’re not the only ones.

From January 2021 to January 2022, Greater Manchester saw at least one stabbing every week where the victim or alleged perpetrator was a teenager.

In the first month of 2022 alone, two young boys under 18 lost their lives to knife crime. And Trafford has seen it’s tragic share in these statistics.

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Kennie Carter, 16, was stabbed in Stretford and later died in January 2022.

Rhamero West, also 16, died after he was stabbed in Old Trafford in September 2021.

In response to this escalating problem of young lives lost too soon, Trafford now has its first bleed kit to help stabbing victims until parademics arrive.

The cabinet has been installed at the Limelight health and wellbeing hub in Old Trafford in memory of Rhamero West, just around the corner from where he was fatally stabbed.

Kate Green, MP for Stretford and Urmston, said: “The rise in knife crime, and the tragic deaths from stabbing of young people in my constituency, give a powerful reminder that we need to act urgently to tackle violent crime. I am pleased the Mayor of Greater Manchester’s violence reduction unit is giving this priority.

“Schools, grass roots community organisations, young people themselves and the police must work together to prevent young people from carrying knives and to educate them about the risks of doing so. The bleed boxes could help save lives and we must also do much more to stop these terrible attacks