TERRIFIED neighbours heard screams as a student was murdered by a stranger while walking home from a party.
Locals living yards from the street where a 19-year-old man was killed in Manchester yesterday have told of their terror as the horror unfolded.
A Manchester Metropolitan University student was stabbed in the Fallowfield area of the city in the early hours of Wednesday.
The student was attacked at random by a stranger, Greater Manchester Police confirmed.
He was given CPR and rushed to hospital, but tragically died a short time later.
Cops have launched an urgent hunt for the attacker.
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One student who lives nearby told how her housemate heard "screams" and police helicopters around the time of the 2am attack.
She told Manchester Evening News: "It’s horrible. I don’t feel safe here at all."
The undergraduate's next of kin have been informed and specially trained officers are supporting them.
Detective Superintendent Neil Jones of Greater Manchester Police said: "This was a terrible crime which has robbed a young man of his life and my thoughts are with his family at this devastating time.
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"I understand it will cause distress and concern to many in Fallowfield and across Manchester more widely, including our large student community.
"The investigation is in its early stages, but I can assure you that our officers are working round the clock and carrying out extensive enquiries to establish the full circumstances surrounding this incident.
"We are actively pursuing leads and will relentlessly pursue the offender to ensure they are brought to justice.
"There will be more officers out on the streets in Fallowfield and the surrounding area over the coming days conducting high visibility and plain clothes patrols to gather intelligence and reassure the community.
"Greater Manchester Police operates a Student Safe Operation with our partners on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday nights where our officers patrol the student areas at night, and these efforts will ramp up and be given extra resources.
"I hope this goes someway to reassure the community and if anyone has any information about this incident or has any concerns, I urge you to speak to these officers. They are there to help and support you."
Cops urged anyone with information to contact GMP by calling 101 quoting Log 240.
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