{"id":74720,"date":"2025-05-04T20:33:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T20:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/74720\/"},"modified":"2025-05-04T20:33:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T20:33:10","slug":"delivery-driver-stabbed-in-horrific-machete-attack-by-group-before-south-manchester-street-cordoned-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/74720\/","title":{"rendered":"Delivery driver stabbed in horrific machete attack by group before south Manchester street cordoned off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An air ambulance landed nearby<\/p>\n<p>19:12, 04 May 2025Updated 21:04, 04 May 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/4_JH_MEN_040525_LEVENSHULME.jpg\" alt=\"The residential road was taped off by police following the machete attack\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>The residential road was taped off by police following the machete attack(Image: Submit)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A delivery driver was stabbed in a horrific attack by a group in south Manchester. Cromwell Grove in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/levenshulme\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Levenshulme<\/a> was taped off by police following the incident on Sunday afternoon (May 4).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Police and paramedics raced to the residential street and erected a cordon. A delivery moped was seen on the ground at the scene as the rider was taken to hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/greater-manchester-police\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Greater Manchester Police<\/a> said the group had attacked the victim, a male delivery driver, with a machete. He sustained a stab wound, but his injuries were not described as life-threatening or life-changing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Join the Manchester Evening News WhatsApp group <\/strong><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/GY77Jy0SeCL8ZFZaNcWsVq\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"HERELink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Cromwell Grove was taped off between Mercer Street and <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/stockport\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Stockport<\/a> Road while emergency crews responded. The incident was reported shortly after 4pm.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2_JH_MEN_040525_LEVENSHULME_02.jpg\" alt=\"Emergency crews along Cromwell Grove\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Emergency crews along Cromwell Grove(Image: Noor Rehman)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">An investigation has now been launched. 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