The emergency services were tonight responding to reports of a serious assault in Gorton. Residents reported how one woman was 'glassed' and a man was seen waving a knife in the street.
Police descended on Darras Road in Gorton on Thursday night - the police helicopter spent about 45 minutes circling overhead following a disturbance which was said to have exploded in a garden of one of the properties.
Darras Road remained closed tonight as a significant police operation was underway and large section of the road was cordoned off. Officers were focussing their attention on one particular house.
Pictures from the scene showed a significant police presence inside the police cordon. A blood spattered slipper was in the front garden of one home and shards of glass in the road. Residents described how one casualty was taken away to hospital.
They also described how police appeared to be searching for a man who was reportedly armed with a knife. One officer was seen to pick an item up which had been discarded in the street.
Forensics experts arrived at the later in the evening and a tent was erected which straddled the road and the pavement.
One resident told the M.E.N. the incident started with an argument in a garden of one of the houses and then spread into the street. One woman was said to have had a glass smashed over her head.
The M.E.N. has approached Greater Manchester Police for a comment.
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