{"id":998165,"date":"2026-06-01T10:57:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T10:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/998165\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T10:57:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T10:57:17","slug":"gorton-stabbing-man-23-fighting-for-life-as-suspects-flee-on-e-bike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/998165\/","title":{"rendered":"Gorton stabbing: Man, 23, fighting for life as suspects ‘flee on e-bike’"},"content":{"rendered":"

He remains in hospital after the stabbing in Gorton, Manchester\"Trust<\/p>\n

Trust Road, Gorton(Image: Google Maps)<\/p>\n

A man has been left fighting for his life following a stabbing in Gorton<\/a>. Officers were called out to Trust Road at around 3.50pm on Sunday afternoon (May 31).<\/p>\n

Greater Manchester Police<\/a> says it received reports that a man had sustained several injuries following a suspected stabbing. It is believed that the suspects fled the scene on an electric bike.<\/p>\n

GMP says the victim, a 23-year-old man, was rushed to hospital with serious life-threatening injuries. He remains in hospital for treatment this morning (Monday).<\/p>\n

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No arrests have been made in connection with the incident so far and enquiries are ongoing. Anyone with information about the incident – or any relevant CCTV, dashcam or doorbell footage – is urged to come forward.<\/p>\n

Detective Inspector Mark Hodgson, from GMP\u2019s City of Manchester district, said: \u201cThis was a shocking incident which could have easily resulted in much more serious consequences \u2013 thanks to the prompt response of emergency service colleagues, the man was taken to hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe that this was a targeted attack with no risk to the wider public, and our enquiries are continuing at pace to ensure those responsible are located and arrested. I would ask anyone with information to please get in touch with us as we continue with our work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anyone with information about the incident is urged to call GMP on 101 or use LiveChat online<\/a>, quoting log number 2172 of May 31, 2026. Alternatively, contact the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He remains in hospital after the stabbing in Gorton, Manchester Trust Road, Gorton(Image: Google Maps) A man has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":998166,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,188,23940,393,23941,4884,2465,16,15],"class_list":["post-998165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manchester","tag-britain","tag-crime","tag-east-manchester","tag-england","tag-gorton","tag-great-britain","tag-manchester","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116674499674514458","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/998165","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=998165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/998165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/998166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=998165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=998165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=998165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}