ONE woman was killed and another was left fighting for her life after a man attacked them with a knife in Silk Street, Salford Thursday afternoon.

They were taken to Hope Hospital for treatment but one of them later died. The other is in a critical condition.

A Greater Manchester Police spokesman said: "We received a report that a man was running around the street with a knife and that two women were trying to avoid him.

"When officers arrived at the scene two women had been stabbed. A man was arrested and is being questioned by police."