Teen arrested on suspicion of murder after student stabbed in Manchester
by Sophie Zeldin-O'Neill from World news | The Guardian on (#658KQ)
Luke O'Connor, 19, was stabbed to death in Fallowfield area of city on Wednesday
A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of student Luke O'Connor, who was stabbed to death in south Manchester.
O'Connor, 19, a Manchester Metropolitan University student, died in hospital after he was attacked near a large halls of residence on Wilmslow Road, Fallowfield, at about 2am on Wednesday 26 October.
A 19-year-old man was detained in the area on Friday evening and is being questioned.
The Manchester Evening News reported the student was on his way home from a party when police believe he came across his alleged attacker, whom Greater Manchester police believe he did not know.