Man in critical condition after hit-and-run - he had been arrested hours earlier for knife attack

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Sign up to the MySalford newsletter to keep up with what's happening in and around the city A man who was stopped by police on suspicion of carrying a knife has been left in a critical condition after a hit-and-run crash just hours later.

Police were called out to Potato Wharf, in Castlefield, at around 11.30pm last night (August 26) following reports of an 'aggressive man armed with a knife attacking another male'.

Officers rushed to the scene and detained a man in his 20s on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon. READ MORE: Gun attack on quiet street at night was 'targeted', say police He was then taken to Salford Royal Hospital.