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Police name woman stabbed to death in Manchester after three arrested

A 26-year-old woman named Alisha Samuels died after a stabbing in Newton Heath, prompting a murder investigation and three arrests.

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A 26-year-old woman has died after being stabbed in Manchester on Thursday. According to the Daily Mail, police named the victim as Alisha Samuels. Emergency services were called to a disturbance on Dorking Avenue in Newton Heath at around 2am, where she was found with serious injuries and pronounced dead at the scene. [1]

The Daily Mail reported that neighbours heard screams and a car crash before emergency services arrived at the residential street. Police have arrested three people in connection with the incident. [1]

A 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder, the Daily Mail reported. A 61-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman were also detained on suspicion of assisting an offender. [1]

Manchester is located in North West England and has a metro area population of about 2.8 million residents. [7][10]

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In short

  • Alisha Samuels, aged 26, was stabbed to death in Newton Heath, Manchester.
  • Emergency services were called to Dorking Avenue at around 2am on Thursday.
  • A 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder.
  • A 61-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman were detained on suspicion of assisting an offender.

Sources

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

  1. [1]Woman, 26, is stabbed to death in Manchester street: Three arrested over 'murder'Daily Mail, 1h ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]First picture of woman, 26, stabbed to death in Manchester streetMetro.co.uk, 8h ago
  3. [3]Woman, 26, killed in Manchester stabbing named as police launch murder probeYorkshire Live, 8h ago
  4. [4]Woman, 26, tragically stabbed to death in street is pictured after horrified locals heard ‘screams’ as three arrestedThe Sun, 14h ago
  5. [5]Police name 26-year-old woman stabbed to death in Manchester as murder investigation launchedLADbible, 4h ago

Background

  1. [6]List of mass stabbings in the United Kingdom on Wikipedia
  2. [7]2025 Manchester synagogue attack on Wikipedia
  3. [8]Lester Street Massacre on Wikipedia
  4. [9]Woman on Grokipedia
  5. [10]Manchester on Grokipedia
  6. [11]Man admits raping woman drugged by her husband in Greater Manchester FTMQ News, 10h ago
  7. [12]Woman accused of killing husband and son at Poconos resort FTMQ News, 2d ago

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 12 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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