5 youngsters have been arrested after a 16-year-old boy was stabbed to dying in Better Manchester.
Kennie Carter was discovered with stab wounds in Thirlmere Avenue, Stretford, shortly earlier than 7pm on Saturday.
He was taken to hospital however he died shortly afterwards, police stated.
4 boys aged between 15 and 17 are being held on suspicion of homicide after warrants had been carried out in a single day in Stretford, Previous Trafford and Hulme.
A fifth suspect handed himself in to police on Sunday.
A big cordon stays in place across the scene, the place officers are conducting additional patrols.
Police on the scene after a 16-year-old boy was fatally stabbed on Thirlmere Avenue in Stretford, Manchester
(Peter Byrne/PA)
Additional cordons are additionally in place in relation to police exercise in a single day as investigators proceed with their enquiries.
Superintendent Caroline Hemingway, of Better Manchester Police, stated in an replace on Sunday: “4 males had been arrested final evening on suspicion of homicide, nonetheless I can report at present {that a} fifth male has handed himself in to the police station.
“He has been arrested on suspicion of homicide and detained.”
Superintendent John Harris, of Better Manchester Police, added: “A household has been left devastated by this tragic information and our ideas exit to them at this most surprising and upsetting time.
“Specifically-trained officers might be there to help the boy’s family members, and further patrols will stay within the space of this deadly assault in order that the area people can converse to us about any issues or info they might have.
“These are the very early levels of what’s now a homicide investigation, and a group of detectives might be working all through the evening and into tomorrow, and we might be following-up quite a lot of completely different strains of enquiry we have now to make sure these accountable are delivered to justice.”
Anybody with info is requested to contact police by calling 101 quoting incident 2529 of twenty-two/01/2022.
Particulars may be given anonymously to unbiased charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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