Mobile phone footage has captured the moment police swooped after a stabbing outside a pub in Hyde on Thursday (May 18).
Officers were called to the White Lion pub, on Market Place in Hyde at around 4pm to reports of a suspected stabbing, from which a man was rushed to hospital for treatment.
It was later confirmed that a man was arrested at the scene and has been taken into custody for further questioning.
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Video footage shared with the Manchester Evening News show a man stood outside the pub with what appears to be a small knife in his hand.
Moments later, with a number of police vehicles pictured at the scene outside the pub, on the corner of Clarendon Street, the same man is taken away by officers into the back of a police van.
Following the incident, a police cordon was erected outside the pub as investigations into the attack took place. The nature of the injuries sustained by the victim have not yet been confirmed but he was taken to hospital for treatment and is understood to be in a stable condition.
A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police said: "We were called to the White Lion on Market Place, Hyde at around 4pm today (Thursday 18 May 2023) to reports of a suspected stabbing."
On Monday (May 22), they said a man in his 60s has been released on bail after being arrested on suspicion of assault and possession of an offensive weapon.
Anyone with information that may help are asked to call 101 quoting incident number 2446 of 18/05/2023.
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