Three young lives taken as Greater Manchester rocked by six horror stabbings in just 16 days

Greater Manchester is battling a surge in knife crime across our region - with six stabbings in just 16 days.

Three of these attacks have been fatal, killing two teenage boys and a 20-year-old man.

The crimes have taken place across Greater Manchester with attacks in Hulme ., Dukinfield , Salford , and the Arndale Centre .

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Yesterday (Monday 8), two more stabbings rocked the region.

In Hulme, officers were called to a report of a disturbance at a block of flats after a man was knifed in the neck and a gun was fired in the early hours of the morning.

Neighbours woke up to a ‘loud bang’ at around 3am and a huge police presence followed, with cordons remaining in place all yesterday.

The mood on the estate was sombre and eerie as most residents stayed inside while police investigated.

One resident, who asked not to be named, said “I heard a bang going off after 12. Then all the police turned up. It was terrifying."

A 49 year-old man is in a serious condition in hospital.

Just four hours earlier, a 21-year-old man was stabbed in Salford.

Neighbours told how the blood-soaked victim knocked on doors for help and say they are "scared to walk their dogs" after another stabbing.

:One woman said: "It's awful isn't it, what's gotten into people?

"I'm supposed to take my dog for a walk, but I don't think I will now, I just don't feel safe anymore.

“You can’t live your life how you want to anymore.”

Nobody has yet been charged over the two attacks.

They follow a succession of horrific fatal knife attacks in the region.

Last Friday (February 4), Dylan Keelan was knifed to death in an ambush outside a shop just moments after telling a