Terrified locals hear 'hysterical screaming' as boy is stabbed at children's birthday party on residential street

A teenage boy was seriously injured after being stabbed when a row erupted at a children's birthday party. Locals heard "screaming" and said they saw dozens of people in the street moments before the attack in Baguley Lane, Sale, on Saturday evening.

The M.E.N. understands that a dispute erupted outside a home in nearby Royton Avenue, where a birthday party was being held for a child. The victim, who locals said was in his early teens, was then knifed in nearby Baguley Lane and left with a serious stab wound.

One man, who asked not to be named, said he saw "at least 60 to 70 people" in Royton Avenue shortly before the stabbing happened at 10.25pm.

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"There was a lot of noise," he added. "It was a birthday party. I couldn't hear the TV because it was that loud."

Janet Stonehewer who lives in Baguley Lane said she heard a group of girls "screaming" around the time the stabbing happened. "A couple of them were shouting 'no, no, no'," she explained.

"I just thought it was youngsters having a drink but when I looked out of the window before going to bed, I saw the blue police tape across the lane. I went outside and a police officer said there was an incident and someone had been stabbed."

Another man said he heard the "hysterical" screams of a young girl behind his home before police descended on the scene. A stretch of Baguley Lane, near to the junction with Norris Road, and an alleyway linking Baguley Lane and Royton Avenue were taped off by police for several hours, eyewitnesses say.

One man, who asked not to be named, said locals were "in shock" following the stabbing, which happened a short