A man was stabbed and kidnapped this afternoon before escaping from a car boot ‘covered in blood’.
Police are investigating the vicious assault after the man was discovered with stab wounds on Sale Road in Northenden around 3pm today.
The victim, whose age is unknown at this stage, has been taken to hospital where he is in a stable condition.
Witnesses said they saw a man escape from the boot of a black Volkswagen Passat as it sped along Sale Road, with police following.
The injured man managed to get out of the vehicle as it headed towards Princess Parkway.
An eyewitness said the man was cared for by staff at a nearby doctors’ surgery until the ambulance service and more police officers arrived.
He said: ‘On Sale Road there is a large police presence at the moment, it is all sealed off.
‘There was a car driving 80mph with police not far behind it.’
Police were at the scene where the stabbed man escaped from the boot of a moving car
Witnesses saw the man, covered in blood, emerge from teh boot of a black Volkswagen Passat
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman said: ‘At around 2.55pm, police were called by the ambulance service to Wythenshawe Road, Brooklands, to reports that a man had been stabbed.
‘Initial enquiries established the man had been assaulted and kidnapped in Sale Moor a short time earlier.
‘He has been taken to hospital where he remains in a stable condition.’
It was driving along Sale Road, Manchester with a police car following close behind
The man has been taken to hospital where he is said to be in a stable condition
A police cordon has been put up around the scene of the incident at the junction of Sale Road and Wythenshawe Road, near Wythenshawe Park.
Whitehouse residential home is sited within the cordoned-off area, but a member of staff said the incident has nothing to do with the home.
Anyone with information should contact police on 101 quoting reference number 1017 of 17/08/17 or Crimestoppers anonymously, on 0800 555 111.