{"id":146786,"date":"2025-05-31T12:30:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T12:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/146786\/"},"modified":"2025-05-31T12:30:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T12:30:11","slug":"suspects-named-after-stabbing-in-piccadilly-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/146786\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspects named after &#8216;stabbing&#8217; in Piccadilly Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two men are due to appear in court<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_240922piccgardens3.jpg\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Piccadilly Gardens where the alleged incident occurred on Thursday night(Image: Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Two men have been charged following a reported stabbing in Manchester city centre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A man was injured in the alleged incident in Piccadilly Gardens which police responded to at around 11:30pm on Thursday night (May 29).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">In an update issued this morning (Saturday), Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said charges had been authorised against two of those arrested.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Hamid Ullah Paktiawal, 20, of Princess Road, Manchester, has been charged with Section 18 assault (causing grievous bodily harm), affray, and possession of a bladed article.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Lalzaman Maroof-Khalil, 30, of no fixed address, has been charged with affray and Section 47 assault (causing actual bodily harm).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">They are due to appear before Manchester Magistrates Court today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A third man arrested has been released with no further action, a GMP spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">They 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