Neighbours heard screams for help as family knifed in 'targeted' triple stabbing on estate

Horrified residents heard blood-curdling screams for help as a family were knifed in a 'targeted' triple stabbing in Salford by three men in balaclavas on Friday afternoon (August 19).

Emergency services flooded the scene on Velour Close at around 2.30pm where a woman and two men were found to have sustained stab wounds. Moments before, witnesses reported hearing a 'commotion' in a nearby apartment before seeing three masked individuals fleeing the scene in a car.

The victims were rushed to hospital from the scene as a cordon was put in place and forensics arrived. One man and the woman have now been discharged however the other man has sustained a life-changing injury and has had to undergo surgery.

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One Velour Close homeowner told the Manchester Evening News they heard a woman 'screaming for help' before they immediately called the police and knew 'something was seriously wrong'.

"I heard the screams coming from the flat. I thought it was a domestic but then things got more heated, there was a commotion and all of a sudden things were being thrown around and I knew something was seriously wrong," they said.

"It was so loud I thought it was outside. They were screaming and shouting and a woman was screaming for help from the window.

"There was a car outside that I didn't realise had anything to do with it. Then, about four to five minutes later, three individuals came running out completely covered up, jumped in the car and sped off.

"Other neighbours ran in to make sure everything was okay. It's very unusual to have anything happening around here, it's very jarring and concerning."

An air ambulance also reportedly landed