'She was amazing, she was lovely'

TRIBUTES TO CARE WORKER WHO DIED IN TRIPLE STABBING

- NEAL KEELING, THOMAS GEORGE, IMOGEN CLYDE-SMITH

AS SCREAMS echoed across Barnard Road in Gorton neighbours rushed from their homes.

One living nearby was watching television in bed when they heard 'a moaning! She looked out the window and shouted to her family: "Someone's being attacked outside."

She and her boyfriend ran down the stairs and out into the street where they found a child hiding in bushes. She quickly wrapped the youngster in her arms and rushed into her home. Moments earlier, Alberta Obinim had woken to the same screams. Her family was under attack.

The 43-year-old reportedly plucked the child from their room and rushed her from the property.

In saving the youngster, Alberta was stabbed several times. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Eyewitnesses told the M.E.N how others were forced to flee the home some having to escape through the window as a knifeman launched a savage attack.

Last night, two other members of Alberta's family a 64-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl remained in hospital, where they are fighting for their lives. Police have arrested a 22-year-old male on suspicion of murder. They say he is 'known to the family.

In the aftermath, a colleague of the deceased woman laid a bunch of white roses at the scene. She said the situation 'didn't seem real' She told the M.E.N: "She was amazing, she was lovely. I literally spoke to her last week. She was so kind and caring.