Police authorise Section 60 in Stretford after Machete attack

Police have authorises Section 60 and 60AA in a defined area of Stretford in response to a serious incident last night (8 August).

At around 8.45pm, police responded to a serious incident on Marple Grove, in which several males were seen to be chasing a victim and attempting to attack him, one person is believed to have been using a machete and fortunately he escaped without injury.

No arrests have been made in this serious incident and further enquiries are ongoing.

Under a Section 60, police have the extra powers to stop and search people in the area defined in the photo within the time frame. A Section 60AA authority allows police to require people to remove face coverings used to disguise or conceal their appearance.

The S60 authorisation was granted at 10pm last night and will run for a 24-hour period until 10pm tonight (9 August).

According to the police the S60 authorisation will be reviewed throughout the day and extended if necessary.

Chief Inspector Justin Woodward, from GMP’s Trafford district, said: “This order has been implemented to provide officers with extra powers to tackle these sort of vile actions, which will never be tolerated.

“This could have easily led to serious injury or worse, and it is right that our officers in the area have these powers to stop-search and ask people to remove face coverings. Ultimately, this is to deter and prevent any further criminality.

“You will see extra officers in the area and I would urge anyone with any information or issues to please get in touch with us.”

You can contact police via 101 or gmp.police.uk, quoting log 3801 of 08/08/26.

Alternatively, you can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.