Police cordon seals off area around Moorfoot in Sheffield following alleged stabbing

Police have cordoned off an area outside several nightclubs on Moorfoot in Sheffield following an alleged stabbing overnight between October 6 and 7.

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00:00 Good morning Sheffield, it's Alistair from the Sheffield Star. I'm speaking to you from the scene at

00:03 Moorfoot today where reportedly last night there was a stabbing here in the

00:07 area outside of a number of nightclubs here on Moorfoot. As of this morning the

00:11 area is largely taped off and many pedestrians aren't allowed to come through.

00:14 They're still able to access most of the businesses here but a thoroughfare from

00:18 that side of Moorfoot through to here at the bottom of the shopping centre,

00:22 shopping district has been barred by police. Several eyewitnesses have told us

00:26 that close to maybe midnight or one o'clock last night a man was critically

00:29 injured in what was reportedly a knife attack. Police descended on the area, at

00:34 least half a dozen cars and a quite a large number of officers came to a close

00:37 off the area and the man was reportedly rushed to hospital by a land ambulance.

00:42 We've asked South Yorkshire Police what his condition is this morning.

00:45 The situation right here is it's a very large area that's been cordoned off.

00:48 Pedestrians are being told they're not allowed to come through and as of right now

00:52 the area's been cordoned off for the best part of 12 hours as well so quite a

00:56 serious scene as far as we can tell. We'll be able to bring more on this as it

00:59 happens and we're in touch with South Yorkshire Police.