SHIREGREEN STABBING: Everything known about knife attack in Sheffield

As a man is treated in hospital after a stabbing on the Shiregreen estate in Sheffield, here is everything known so far:
A man was stabbed on Renathorpe Road in Shiregreen this morning  (Pic: Lee Peace)A man was stabbed on Renathorpe Road in Shiregreen this morning  (Pic: Lee Peace)
A man was stabbed on Renathorpe Road in Shiregreen this morning (Pic: Lee Peace)

- Emergency services were alerted to the incident just before 7.30am today.

A man was stabbed on Renathorpe Road in Shiregreen this morning  (Pic: Lee Peace)A man was stabbed on Renathorpe Road in Shiregreen this morning  (Pic: Lee Peace)
A man was stabbed on Renathorpe Road in Shiregreen this morning (Pic: Lee Peace)
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- Reports were received that a man had been stabbed in Renathorpe Road, Shiregreen.

- Police and paramedics discovered a 25-year-old man with injuries to his stomach.

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- He was taken to the Northern General Hospital, where he is due to undergo surgery, but his injuries are not deemed to be life threatening.

- An air ambulance landed in Shiregreen after reports of the stabbing were received.

- The crime scene has been taped off and is under police guard as officers carry out enquiries into the circumstances surrounding the stabbing.

- Two women, aged 26 and 37, have been arrested on suspicion of wounding with intent.

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- They remain in police custody this morning as officers piece together the circumstances surrounding the incident.

- The stabbing happened close to Gregg House Road, Shiregreen, where six children were taken to hospital last Friday before two boys – aged 13 and 14 – were later pronounced dead.

- Sarah Barrass, 34, of Gregg House Road, Shiregreen, has been charged with murdering 14-year-old Blake Barrass and 13-year-old Tristen Barrass. She is also accused of three counts of attempted murder.

- Brandon Machin, 37, of no fixed abode, is accused of murdering Blake and Tristan.

- The two Shiregreen incidents are not linked.