Multiple stabbings in city centre with man fighting for life
A man is fighting for his life after a stabbing in Liverpool city centre which saw two others knifed in an incident involving a large group of men at around 5.30am today.
Police found one man, in his 20s, with stab wounds close to a branch of McDonald's and gave him medical assistance before he was taken to hospital where he remains in a critical condition. Two other men, both in their 20s, took themselves to hospital with knife wounds, detectives have said.
One of the men had a stab wound to the back and the second had a stab wound to the head. Officers believe that the stabbing is linked to an earlier incident involving a large group of men on Victoria Street, in the city.
A large cordon is now in place in Liverpool city centre and a number of roads are still cordoned off while officers investigate.
Superintendent Helen Bennett said: "Urgent CCTV, witness and forensic enquiries are being carried out in the city centre and as such a large area has been cordoned off. It appears that a large disturbance took place on Victoria Street in which three people have been injured.
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Police at the scene this morning (Ioannis Alexopoulos/LNP)"We know that there were people in the city centre who may have witnessed the disturbance or possibly come to the assistance of the injured males and we would ask those people to come forward and speak to officers as soon as possible.
"Incidents such as are unacceptable and we will do everything within our powers to find the people responsible and bring them to justice. Anyone with information is asked call police."
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