A man was stabbed and cars and businesses were smashed up as fights broke out between groups of people of Syrian and Kurdish heritage in Manchester this week.

At least four people were arrested after hundreds descended on the city’s iconic Curry Mile for a second night of protests, led by the local Kurdish community, on Wednesday.

Disorder first broke out on Tuesday following a protest in the Rusholme area of the city, with police putting in place a Section 34 dispersal order.

MANCHESTER MEETS KURDISTAN!

Kurd-supporting demonstrators took to the streets last night. England looks like a third world country and has gone back 400 years pic.twitter.com/r4TzwRNaOI

— HJB News (@HJB_News__) January 21, 2026

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