Three 19-year-olds arrested after teen is killed in ‘targeted attack’ in Bury town centre

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Three men have been arrested after a teenager was stabbed to death in a ‘targeted attack’ in Bury town centre.

The arrests come after a 19-year-old male was attacked just before 9pm on Friday (1 August) in a car park on Market Street in Bury town centre – sustaining several stab wounds in the process and sadly later dying from his injuries.

All three of the suspects are male and aged 19, the same as the victim, and it is being treated as an isolated attack with ‘no wider threat’ to the public.

The three have each been arrested on suspicion of murder, with two of the arrests taking place in Bury and Bolton over the weekend, and the other in the early hours of the morning at Manchester Airport – with all remaining in police custody for questioning.

Following the incident, Greater Manchester Police‘s (GMP) Major Incident Team has launched a murder investigation.

Despite the arrests, the investigation is still very much ongoing, and police have now appealed to the public for information.

Appealing to the public, Detective Chief Inspector John Charlton said: “This was a violent and tragic incident that was witnessed by a lot of people. This incident will have shocked the community and distressed anyone who witnessed it, but we believe this was a targeted attack with no wider threat.

“Our officers will be in the area today and over the next few days as we try to establish what happened in the lead-up to this awful incident.

“We also have specialist officers supporting the family at this difficult time.”

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Anyone who has any information or was in the area at the time is asked to contact police, quoting log 3354 of 01/08/25.

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