POLICE are hunting for a man and a woman to after a dad was stabbed in front of children outside a Walkden primary school.

The man was attacked at about 3.30pm yesterday outside North Walkden Primary School, in Whittle Drive, before going into the school to ask for help.

An ambulance was called and the injured man was taken to Manchester Royal Infirmary.

His injuries were not life threatening and he has since been released from hospital.

It is believed the victim was standing outside the school gates when a man and woman became involved in an altercation with him, leading to a fight in which the victim was stabbed several times.

The man and woman then got into a car, a silver Vauxhall Corsa, and drove off.

Det Insp Ben Hart said: “Obviously at that time of the day, there would have been a number of parents picking up their children.

"A lot of people would have witnessed what happened which would have been very distressing.

“As our enquiries are progressing we now understand the victim, the man and woman are all known to each other.

"We believe there has been an ongoing dispute which has erupted into violence outside the primary school.

“The nature of this attack is appalling and I would like to reassure the children, parents and local residents that this appears to be an incident between people who were known to each other already and not a random attack.

"There is no suggestion from the enquiries undertaken so far that any children were directly at risk during the attack.

“We are now working closely with the school to make sure that all necessary measures are taken to support a return to normality for the children on Monday.

“I would like to appeal for anyone with information to come forward and make contact with us if they have seen any part of these events taking place.

“We are now making extensive enquiries to trace the two parties who attacked the victim and I would like to appeal directly to them to make contact with me as soon as possible.”

Call police on 0161 8565097 with information.