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Pensioner fighting for life after stabbing

Dan WareingNorth West
Google An alleyway running behind someone's house, called Heather Walk. There are moss-covered wooden fences lining the way.Google
Officers found the man with stab wounds at Heather Walk, in Partington

A 72-year-old man has been taken to hospital in critical condition after a stabbing in an alleyway.

It happened on Tuesday at 18:05 BST, on Heather Walk, Partington, Greater Manchester.

Officers arrived at the scene to find the pensioner with stab wounds, before a woman was arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm and a man on suspicion of assisting an offender, Greater Manchester Police said.

The force said the incident was isolated and posed "no wider threat to the public".

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