Boy, 17, arrested for murder after another teen stabbed to death in 'targeted attack' in Salford

A murder investigation has been launched after a teenager was stabbed to death in Salford.

Police were called shortly after 8.15pm on Wednesday to a report of a knife attack and found a 17-year-old boy had been stabbed in the chest.

The teenager was rushed to hospital for treatment but died from his injuries.

A murder investigation has been launched after a 17-year-old was stabbed to death in Salford. Police arrested a second 17-year-old on suspicion of murder. Pictured: the scene last night

A police cordon was put in place as officers began their investigation in Salford last night

A short time later, police were called to a second address nearby after receiving reports that another 17-year-old boy had suffered stab wounds to his arm.

However, he’d already left the scene and gone to hospital for treatment.

Officers located the teenager and he was later arrested on suspicion of murder. He remains in custody while enquiries are ongoing.

Det Ch Insp Stuart Wilkinson, of Greater Manchester Police’s Major Incident Team, said: ‘After such a dreadful incident like this our thoughts are with the family of the young man who lost his life on our streets last night.

Police officers say they are doing ‘everything in their power to seek justice’ for victim’s family

‘These are the very early stages of our investigation but we are working hard to identify the circumstances around what took place.

‘There will be understandable shock in the community after news of this incident, but we have a large police presence at the scene and I can assure the public we will be doing everything within our power to seek justice for this boy’s family.’