Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleCleveland Police have launched a manhunt after a 39-year-old man suffered severe arm and hand wounds during an assault involving a bladed weapon on Sedgemoor Road in Eston, Middlesbrough, on Thursday. The stabbing is the latest in a series of violent incidents in Middlesbrough this week, occurring shortly after a vehicle was reported crashing into the wall of a residential property on Steele Crescent in South Bank. The recent incidents took place near the scene of a fatal house fire in Grangetown on Wednesday morning, which tragically killed seven-year-old Valentina Foster and her 34-year-old aunt Natalie McDonald. Two men, aged 23 and 31, have been arrested on suspicion of murder regarding the fatal blaze, while a 48-year-old woman remains in a critical condition at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle. Officers are conducting early-stage enquiries to determine whether these recent events are connected to each other, to organised crime, or to a crash on the A66 on Saturday in which seven people – including two police officers – died. In fullArmed police swarm Middlesbrough street after knife attackMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in