Man is ‘bundled into a car and stabbed in Manchester’ before escaping out of the boot ‘covered in blood’
The man was found with stab wounds in the Wythenshawe area at around 3pm
A MAN was allegedly bundled into a car and brutally stabbed in a kidnapping in Manchester today.
The man was found with stab wounds in the Wythenshawe area after escaping from the car boot "covered in blood".
He has since been taken to hospital where he is in a stable condition.
Witnesses said they saw a man escape from the boot of a black Volkswagen Passat as it sped along Sale Road, with police following.
The injured man, whose age is not known, managed to get out of the vehicle at around 3pm, as it headed towards Princess Parkway.
An eyewitness said the man was cared for by staff at a nearby doctors' surgery until the ambulance service and more police officers arrived.
He said: “On Sale Road there is a large police presence at the moment, it is all sealed off.
“There was a car driving 80mph with police not far behind it.”
MOST READ IN NEWS
Greater Manchester Police confirmed it was investigating a vicious assault following a "kidnapping".
A spokesman added: “At around 2.55pm, police were called by the ambulance service to Wythenshawe Road, Brooklands, to reports that a man had been stabbed.
“Initial enquiries established the man had been assaulted and kidnapped in Sale Moor a short time earlier.
“He has been taken to hospital where he remains in a stable condition."
A police cordon has been put up around the scene of the incident at the junction of Sale Road and Wythenshawe Road, near Wythenshawe Park.
Whitehouse residential home is situated within the cordoned-off area but a member of staff said the incident has nothing to do with the home.
Anyone with information should contact police on 101 quoting reference number 1017 of 17/08/17 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
We pay for your stories! Do you have a story for The Sun Online news team? Email us at [email protected] or call 0207 782 4368 . We pay for videos too. Click here to upload yours.