direct to your inboxThis is the terrifying moment a knifeman tried to stab a teenager at a Manchester Metrolink stop.
CCTV footage released by police shows Shujaat Ali lunging at the 17-year-old as the victim sat on railings at Abraham Moss tram stop in Cheetham Hill.
Ali, 20, of Balmoral Avenue, Bury, has been jailed for two years after pleading guilty to attempted Section 20 assault at Manchester Crown Court.
Police say the attack took place in July 2020, as the 17-year-old boy was sat at tram stop with two of his friends.Ali, who had a knife hidden up his sleeve, began talking to the boy before whipping out the blade and trying to stab him twice in the torso.Incredibly, the boy managed to escape unharmed.Ali then followed the boy into a.
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