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Moor Road tram stop Wythenshawe(Image: Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\nA suspect was later arrestedMoor Road tram stop Wythenshawe(Image: Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n
Metrolink trams were stopped and searched by police officers on Thursday morning after reports of a man armed with a knife on board.<\/p>\n
A suspect has been arrested and Greater Manchester Police<\/a> stressed there is ‘no further risk to the public’. Rush-hour commuters, however, were hit by delays on a number of services as a police operation swung into action.<\/p>\n One witness said they were ordered off a tram by police at the Firswood stop in Stretford<\/a>, Trafford<\/a>.<\/p>\n They said: “The police have been have been holding up trams coming into Manchester on the Manchester Airport<\/a> line. We all had to get off at Firswood whilst they searched it. No one knew what was going on.”<\/p>\n GMP said officers initially responded to reports of a man with a knife on Moor Road in Wythenshawe<\/a>.<\/p>\n He was said to have got on board a tram at the stop on the road.<\/p>\n A 17-year-old boy was later arrested at Northern Moor tram stop. The teenager remained in custody today to be questioned on suspicion of attempted robbery and possession of a bladed article.<\/p>\n The Bee Network reported ‘minor’ delays to services on the Didsbury-Rochdale and Manchester Airport line due to a ‘police incident’.<\/p>\n In a statement, GMP said: “At around 9.10am this morning (Thursday 27 November 2025), we were called to reports of a male with a knife on Moor Road in Wythenshawe.<\/p>\n “The suspect \u2013 a 17-year-old boy \u2013 boarded the Metrolink<\/a> network and was detained by officers at Northern Moor tram stop. He was arrested on suspicion of attempted robbery and possession of a bladed article. He remains in custody for questioning.<\/p>\n “This is an isolated incident and there is no further risk to the public.” No further details have been revealed.<\/p>\n For the latest stories and breaking news visit manchestereveningnews.co.uk<\/a>. Get the latest headlines, features and analysis that matter to you by signing up to our various Manchester Evening News newsletters here.<\/a><\/p>\n You can also get all your favourite content from the Manchester Evening News on WhatsApp. Click here<\/a> to stay up to date with the latest.Follow us on X @mennewsdesk<\/a> for all the latest stories and updates on breaking incidents from across the region and beyond, as well as on our Facebook page here<\/a>.If you prefer reading our stories on your phone, consider downloading the Manchester Evening News app here,<\/a> and our newsdesk will make sure every time an essential story breaks, you’ll be the first to hear about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A suspect was later arrestedMoor Road tram stop Wythenshawe(Image: Manchester Evening News) Metrolink trams were stopped and searched…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286226,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[924,59,57,58,2847,2200,3774,50,56,54,55,16248],"class_list":["post-286225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-crime","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-greater-manchester-police","tag-manchester-airport","tag-metrolink","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wythenshawe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0_130923tram1.jpg\")
Police were called just after 9am(Image: Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n