A 15-year-old boy has been arrested after a two teens were stabbed last night.

Police have increased stop and search powers following the incident in which the victims were taken to hospital.

The incident happened in Walkden and is the second weekend in as many weeks where police have been called to a stabbing and officers' powers have been increased as a result.

Last Saturday they were called to Higher Broughton where a 15-year-old boy was stabbed.

Yesterday, police authorised a Section 60 Order after they were called to reports of a stabbing on Whittle Street, ,Walkden, Worsley at 11:30pm last night (10/03/2023).

A swift response saw a weapon recovered and a boy and a girl were taken to hospital with injuries that were consistent with knife wounds. 

Their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

Another male was subsequently located with an injury that had been inflicted by a knife.

A 15-year-old male has been arrested on suspicion of wounding.

The section 60 Order will be in place until 12:16am tonight to give officers extra powers to stop and search individuals.

The order, which will be reviewed throughout the day, covers the area surrounding Whittle Street, Worsley and also the areas within Manchester Road, Moss Lane, Brackley Street and Ashton Field Drive.

Extra officers will be on patrol in the area over the next few days.

Inspector Rod Ashton of GMP's Salford District said: “We have authorised stop-and-search powers in the area in response to a number of incidents over recent weeks.

"The kind of incident that happened last night won't be tolerated and GMP will take robust action to ensure that our communities feel safe and that the offender is brought to justice.

"I would urge members of the public who saw anything suspicious or witnessed the incident to come forward and report information to us immediately."

A local resident said they weren't in at the time, but that they saw police on the scene in the early hours.

Anyone with information should contact police on 0161 856 5187 quoting log number 3850 of 10/03/2023. You can also make a report via the LiveChat function on GMP's website: www.gmp.police.uk Alternatively, you can call the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.