Two city centre newsagents have been temporarily shut down over concerns about anti-social behaviour .
Richmond News - where a worker was recently stabbed - and Independent News were hit with 48-hour closure notices on Wednesday afternoon.
Before they expire, both businesses will be the subject of a court hearing where the bans could be extended for up to three months.
Notices attached to both premises explain a police chief believes there is reasonable grounds to suspect nuisance and/or disorder has taken place, will continue or happen if they remain open.
Both businesses are linked to the same three people, according to the documents.
Police struck first at Independent News on Whitechapel, issuing the closure notice at 3.49pm.
At 4.37pm Richmond News, on Richmond Street, was closed.
The business was cordoned off last month when a worker suffered a knife wound to his leg after an incident with a group of teenagers.
The shopkeeper was stabbed after he confronted a group of four teenagers in the street outside.
The 30-year-old was taken to hospital by ambulance and police put a cordon in place around the shop, with the incident disrupting some travel services.
The closure notices appear to be the latest tactic employed by police seeking to tackle anti-social behaviour in the city centre , including the areas in which the shops are located.
Special powers were authorised for consecutive weekends in May, when the streets around St John’s Gardens and Whitechapel were both covered by a dispersal zone.
The zone gave the police power to order any suspected troublemakers to leave the area.
Anyone who returned while the zone was still in place could then be prosecuted.
The businesses will be the subject of a court hearing over the closure of them at Liverpool Magistrates' Court on Friday.
