Five teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 16-year-old boy was fatally stabbed in Trafford.
Greater Manchester police (GMP) named the victim as Kennie Carter and said officers were piecing together the circumstances leading to the “callous attack”.
Officers said four boys aged between 15 and 17 were arrested overnight after officers attended reports of a teenager with stab wounds on Thirlmere Avenue in Stretford at about 7pm on Saturday. A fifth turned himself in at a police station and was also arrested on suspicion of murder.
Paramedics treated the boy at the scene before he was taken to hospital where he died of his injuries.
GMP said three arrest warrants were executed on Saturday night in Stretford, Old Trafford and Hulme.
Several officers were patrolling Thirlmere Avenue on Sunday morning, and a large forensics tent had been set up within a cordon.
Supt Caroline Hemingway said on Sunday: “My thoughts – as a police officer and as a mother of a teenage son – go out to Kennie’s loved ones, who will receive as much support as we can give through our specially trained officers.
“Again, we see the utterly devastating consequences of knife crime – it destroys lives, families, and communities. It’s so heartbreaking to see such a young life lost, and such young people suspected of being capable of a horrendous act of violence.
“A family is today grieving the loss of a much-loved young soul. If you know someone carrying a knife, look out for them: think of how their actions could cost someone a life, ruin a poor family’s life, wreck their own life, and wreck the lives of their loved ones.”