Second man arrested in Moss Side stabbing investigation

Detectives investigating the murder of a man in Moss Side have made a second arrest.

Police were called to reports of a large fight on Crosshill Road on Tuesday 8th August where four people had been stabbed.

A man, who has been formally identified as 18-year-old Sait Mboob, sadly died shortly afterwards.

A 17 and an 18-year-old have been released from hospital, and a 17 year-old remains in hospital in a stable condition.

A 32-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder and remains in police custody for questioning.

The 17-year-old boy was arrested yesterday on suspicion of murder and remains in police custody.

Police are keeping an open mind as to motive, but a line of enquiry is whether the offenders have links to street criminality.

Superintendent Dave Pester, from GMP’s City of Manchester Team, said: “This is a dynamic investigation and we have now made two arrests".

“We are exploring all avenues and part of our enquiry is to determine what the motive was".

“I urge you to speak to police, as you might be able to help us to get justice for his family.”

• Anyone with any information should call police on 0161 856 6777, 101quoting incident number 1918 of Wednesday 9 August 2017.