Two people have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a father-of-six was stabbed outside a busy primary school.
The man and woman, in their 30s, are being questioned over the attack, which took place as parents waited to pick up their children on Friday afternoon.
The victim, named by relatives as Steven Higginson, was knifed in the chest and side. Bloodied, he staggered into North Walkden Primary School in Greater Manchester to seek help.
Mr Higginson, 33, has since been discharged from hospital. Police believe he knew the pair and had argued with them before the stabbing occurred.
Detective Inspector Ben Hart said: “A lot of people would have witnessed what happened which would have been very distressing.
“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 inquiries undertaken so far that any children were directly at risk during the attack.”
Local residents told the Manchester Evening News that the argument broke out over parking, adding that the pair left the scene in a silver Vauxhall Corsa.
One eyewitness, who asked not to be named, told the newspaper: “I don’t think he realised he’d been stabbed as he started walking home and I said ‘what are you doing?’ It was a lock knife with holes in the side. The injuries were bad.”
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