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Police arrest man on suspicion of murder after Manchester stabbing

Greater Manchester Police have arrested a man on suspicion of murder following the fatal stabbing of 26-year-old Alisha Samuels in Manchester.

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Police have arrested a 26-year-old man on suspicion of murder after Alisha Samuels was stabbed to death in Manchester. The Daily Mail and Yahoo News UK both report that the arrest follows the killing of the 26-year-old woman last Thursday. [1][2]

The Daily Mail reported that emergency services found Alisha Samuels with stab wounds on Dorking Avenue in Manchester at about 2:00 am last Thursday, and she was pronounced dead at the scene. Local residents reported hearing screaming and shouting before officers were alerted to a disturbance in the area. [1]

According to the Daily Mail, witnesses also saw a vehicle collide with a police van on nearby Briscoe Lane before a man was removed from the car. The outlet noted that police have cleared an earlier suspect of any involvement in the incident. [1]

As FTMQ News reported earlier, emergency services were called to Dorking Avenue in Newton Heath at around 2:00 am on Thursday following the stabbing of Alisha Samuels. Police previously launched a murder investigation and detained a 25-year-old man on suspicion of murder, alongside a 61-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman on suspicion of assisting an offender. [8]

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In short

  • Alisha Samuels, aged 26, was stabbed to death on Dorking Avenue in Manchester.
  • A 26-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
  • Police cleared an earlier suspect of involvement in the killing.
  • Witnesses reported a vehicle collision with a police van on Briscoe Lane.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]Man arrested on suspicion of murder after woman, 26, was stabbed to death in the street - as first suspect is cleared of any involvementDaily Mail, 1h ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]Man, 26, arrested on suspicion of murder after death of Alisha SamuelsYahoo News UK, 2h ago
  3. [3]Hohoe: Man, 26, arrested over alleged murder of two-year-old boy at Wli-AfegameCitiNewsroom.com, 8h ago
  4. [4]Man and woman shot in neck outside SE Houston clubFOX 26 Houston, 1d ago
  5. [5]Man, 26, wounded in Paterson shootingPaterson Times, 2d ago
  6. [6]Hermitage Man, 26, Missing After Leaving Work; Car Detected in GordonsvilleHoodline, 1d ago

Background

  1. [7]GP found dead in Norfolk as police arrest murder suspect FTMQ News, 12d ago
  2. [8]Police name woman stabbed to death in Manchester after three arrested FTMQ News, 3d ago

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 8 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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