{"id":955371,"date":"2026-05-12T18:47:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T18:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/955371\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T18:47:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T18:47:25","slug":"police-update-as-officer-attacked-with-knife-outside-manchester-sports-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/955371\/","title":{"rendered":"Police update as officer attacked with knife outside Manchester sports centre"},"content":{"rendered":"

“There were about 30 officers there and they cordoned off the road”<\/p>\n

18:19, 12 May 2026Updated 18:20, 12 May 2026<\/p>\n

\"Emergency<\/p>\n

Emergency services pounce on an individual outside Denmark Road Sports Centre<\/p>\n

A man has been arrested after a police officer was attacked outside a sports complex in Manchester this evening (May 11).<\/a> Emergency services were called to Denmark Road Sports Centre, on Denmark Road, shortly before 5pm.<\/p>\n

Eyewitnesses told the Manchester Evening News they saw ‘at least 30’ police officers swarm the area, close to Oxford Road<\/a> to the south of the city centre. They then pounced on an individual at the entrance to the sports centre.<\/p>\n

A large cordon is in place on Denmark Road and nearby Cecil Street. Members of the public have been advised to avoid the area.<\/p>\n

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Greater Manchester Police<\/a> have confirmed they were called to reports of a man with a knife, and an officer was assaulted. A male has since been arrested on arrested on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker, possession of a bladed article and possession of class B drugs.<\/p>\n

The M.E.N. understands the officer’s injuries are non-life threatening, and they will attend hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n

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Eyewitnesses told the Manchester Evening News they saw ‘at least 30’ police officers swarm the area(Image: Submitted)<\/p>\n

An eyewitness said: “I was walking home from work and I heard sirens and police cars going around the corner. When I got there behind them, I saw loads of officers on top of a young guy.<\/p>\n

“One of the officers was led away by colleagues and he had a large cut to his left cheek and was bleeding. It looked like he had been slashed with a knife. He was pulled away and got treated. There were about 30 officers there and they cordoned off the road.”<\/p>\n

The man arrested by police remains in custody for questioning.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police said: “At around 4.55pm we were called to reports of a man brandishing a knife on Demark Road in Manchester.<\/p>\n

“Police attended the scene an officer was assaulted. A man has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker, possession of a bladed article and possession of class B drugs.<\/p>\n

“He remains in custody for questioning.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“There were about 30 officers there and they cordoned off the road” 18:19, 12 May 2026Updated 18:20, 12…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":955372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,188,393,4884,31073,2465,31742,16,15,161911],"class_list":{"0":"post-955371","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-hulme","13":"tag-manchester","14":"tag-moss-side","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-whitworth-art-gallery"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116563099658686088","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=955371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/955372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=955371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=955371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=955371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}