{"id":675347,"date":"2026-07-05T17:14:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T17:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/675347\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T17:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T17:14:13","slug":"royton-car-park-taped-off-after-man-injured-in-stabbing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/675347\/","title":{"rendered":"Royton car park taped off after man injured in stabbing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An investigation is underway<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A cordon on the car park outside Co-op and Hays Travel in Royton\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0_men_050726_Royton1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"A cordon on the car park outside Co-op and Hays Travel in Royton\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">A cordon on the car park outside Co-op and Hays Travel in Royton(Image: Facebook)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A man has been injured in a stabbing following an incident in <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/oldham\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Oldham<\/a>. Officers were called out to Rochdale Road, in <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/royton\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Royton<\/a>, at 2.49am today (Sunday, July 5).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/greater-manchester-police\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Greater Manchester Police<\/a> said a 29-year-old man suffered injuries which were &#8216;consistent with a knife wound&#8217;. His injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">An investigation has been launched and enquiries remain ongoing this afternoon. No arrests have been made in connection with the stabbing so far.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a aria-label=\"Click hereLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=b8052254-66af-41f3-9dae-7bbb0e3391c6&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to get the biggest stories straight to your inbox in our Daily Newsletter<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Officers were seen in attendance carrying out enquiries on Rochdale Road on Sunday morning. A cordon was seen at the car park outside the Co-op and Hays Travel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A GMP spokesperson said: &#8220;Officers were called to reports of a stabbing on <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/rochdale\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Rochdale<\/a> Road, Royton, at 2:49am this morning. A 29-year-old man sustained injuries consistent with a knife wound, however, they are not believed to be life-threatening.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Police seen in attendance on Rochdale Road, Royton\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0_men_050726_Royton2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Police seen in attendance on Rochdale Road, Royton\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Police seen in attendance on Rochdale Road, Royton(Image: Facebook)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;No arrests have been made and enquiries are ongoing.&#8221; Anyone with information can contact GMP on 101, online using LiveChat, or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An investigation is underway A cordon on the car park outside Co-op and Hays Travel in Royton(Image: Facebook)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[924,59,57,58,50,2438,19423,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-675347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-crime","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-oldham","tag-royton","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675347","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=675347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}