Man stabbed in leg and back at cash machine

A Google Maps screenshot of Tesco Express on Linthorpe Road in Middlesbrough. The shop is on the ground floor of a large building, at the junction between two roads.Image source, Google
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Cleveland police said the stabbing took place at a cash machine outside a supermarket

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A man was stabbed in the leg and lower back at a supermarket cash machine, police said.

It happened shortly after midnight in the early hours of Thursday morning, outside a Tesco Express on Linthorpe Road in Middlesbrough.

Cleveland Police said the 51-year-old victim was treated by paramedics.

Police are asking anyone with information to contact them.

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