Dad describes moment paramedics tried to save his son PLUS Chaos on the streets of Salford
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Mamadou Seck was resting in his son Ibrahima’s bedroom when he heard police sirens outside.
When he left his house to see what was going on he knew ‘something’s happening’.
Then he saw paramedics massaging Ibrahima’s chest.
“I saw them doing it for five or six minutes. Then my kid passed away.
“I keep seeing it in my head. I go with police to the hospital and in the hospital they confirmed Ibrahima had passed away.
“It’s the first time I cried in my life. I will never forget this day, never.”
(Image: Sean Hansford | Manchester Evening News)
Fourteen-year-old Ibrahima was stabbed just yards from his home in New Moston on Sunday afternoon.
He had been sitting with his dad in the garden of their north Manchester home just minutes earlier.
Three youths, two aged 14 and one aged 16, appeared at Manchester Youth Court yesterday accused of Ibrahima’s murder.
All three were remanded to secure youth detention to appear at Manchester Crown Court today.
(Image: Sean Hansford | Manchester Evening News)
A 37-year-old woman and a 14-year-old girl who were arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender have been released on bail pending further inquiries.
Ibrahima’s father has now spoken to reporter Damon Wilkinson about the devastating moment he watched paramedics desperately trying to save his son’s life.
‘Serious disorder’
Cars screeched towards a gathered crowd, people clung to the roof as they hung from car windows and a white Fiat 500 crossed lanes and mounted the kerb narrowly missing a crowd and passing traffic during a ‘serious disorder’ in Salford yesterday afternoon.
Footage shows masked drivers veer erratically across Lower Broughton Road for several minutes.
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Riot officers were called to the scene following reports of a gathering of around 50 to 60 people using cars and wheelie bins to block off the road.
Burnt out vehicles were seen in the aftermath with one neighbour commenting: “It’s mad around here, isn’t it?”.
Greater Manchester Police said bricks were thrown at officers and the windscreen of a police vehicle was smashed.
Officers arrested four people, including a girl and a boy, both 16. The girl has been charged with assaulting an emergency worker.
Superintendent Marcus Noden, of Greater Manchester Police, was quick to quell online rumours that the incident was ‘linked to immigration’.
“This is categorically incorrect,” he said.
Reporter Rami Mwamba has all the details of yesterday’s incident here.
Trailblazer neighbourhoods
Brinnington in Stockport(Image: Gary McMahon)
Two Greater Manchester neighbourhoods have been named among the first in the UK to benefit from a boost of up to £20m.
Unveiling her Spending Review, Rachel Reeves announced ‘additional funding’ to improve parks, youth facilities, swimming pools and libraries. The money, which will be spent in some of the UK’s most deprived areas, will also support the ‘fightback’ against graffiti and fly-tipping.
Brinnington in Stockport and Pendleton in Salford are among 25 ‘trailblazer’ neighbourhoods that will each receive up to £20m over the next decade.
According to government papers, they will be among the first of up to 350 places that are set to benefit, alongside the 75 towns previously named in the Plan for Neighbourhoods which include Ashton-under-Lyne, Chadderton, Farnworth, Heywood and Leigh.
‘If I hear them moving it, I’ll know it’s them’
The neighbours of Heaton Park are no strangers to major events. They are used to road closures, the rumble of bass and people weeing in their hedges.
Nevertheless, they are a bit nervous about the sheer enormity of the gigs heading to the park this summer – from Parklife to Oasis gigs.
“I’m really cross,” says mum-of-three Rachel Varley. “I just think it’s really poor to put such a big event on in such a family residential area. Why is it not in an arena?”
Bad weather saw Heaton Park become a mudbath last year(Image: Manchester Evening News)
On Bury Old Road, Robert Younge says he has seen countless festivalgoers using the streets as a public toilet – and he even caught one couple in a compromising position before the man ‘ran off with his trousers down’.
“We get people running around here until 2am-3am. We can’t get any peace. I know at least 20 people that book their holidays to go away for it. I’m sick of it,” he says.
But his neighbour Kathleen Beckett has a plan. “When they want to go to the toilet, they come into my back yard. I’ve got my grandson’s caravan at the back and they will be hiding behind there. I’m going to put the wheelie bins there. If I hear them moving it, I’ll know it’s them.”
Something extraordinary
This striking image shows a seven-headed dragon at war with Heaven.
It’s one of the Apocalypse block books held at Manchester’s historic John Rylands Library.
Until now you’d have to visit the library to see it, but from next week (June 20) it will be one of a range of treasures digitised for a global audience.
Fifty extraordinary items will become freely available online for the first time via Manchester Digital Collections. Many have never been photographed before.
They will include the oldest known dated example of European printing in the Saint Christopher woodcut, dated 1423; the Gutenberg Bible of 1454/55 and the Mainz Psalters of 1457 and 1459 – two of the most beautiful books ever printed.
Some nice news
Our health reporter Helena Vesty won the Inspiring Local Journalism award at the Digital Publishing Awards last night. The judges awarded Helena for her extensive work on the Manchester Evening News campaign to replace North Manchester General Hospital.
Helena’s dogged investigation work revealed the dire conditions at the hospital, including collapsing theatre ceilings and mouldy maternity units.
Helena was also recognised for her story about a dying man who is ineligible to claim life insurance because of small print. It led to a Parliamentary motion calling for an inquiry across the insurance industry.
Headlines
Multi-million pound plans to demolish old student halls have been lodged(Image: Cartwright Pickard)
New halls: Cambridge Halls, off Cavendish Street by Manchester Metropolitan University, could be torn down and replaced with 30 and 24 storey-high buildings if new plans are approved. The university wants to create purpose-built student accommodation with ‘internal and external rooftop communal amenity space’ for 2,300 students and ground floor spaces for commercial and community uses. More here.
Renewed: The Ministry of Justice has awarded Sodexo a new ten-year contract to run under-fire Forest Bank prison in Salford. The move comes despite staff expecting the company would be axed following an M.E.N. investigation. More here.
Consultation: A landfill site plagued by complaints about a ‘rotten stink’ is set to expand its operations – despite concerns of those living nearby. The Environment Agency – which oversees the operations of Valencia Waste Management at the Pilsworth South site, in Bury – said it is ‘minded to’ approve a permit to increase volumes of mixed non-hazardous waste allowed to be treated at the site at a new recycling plant. Before a final decision is made, a second public consultation has been launched.
Extra places: Hundreds of new school places will be created in Salford thanks to nearly £18m of funding. In September 2025, an extra 230 secondary school places will be made in the city using government cash. Details here.
Weather
Friday: Sunny intervals changing to light rain by nighttime. 24C.
Roads: A572 St Helens Road southbound, Leigh, closed due to roadworks from A578 Twist Lane to Bonnywell Road. Until June 30.
A6 Chapel Street westbound, Salford, closed due to long-term roadworks from A6041 Blackfriars Road to A34 New Bailey Street. Until January 19.