Youth charged with murder of 15-year-old in disturbance in Manchester
Officers were called to the incident on Monday night
A 15-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of a teenager who was stabbed to death during a “large-scale disturbance” in Manchester.
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Officers were called to reports of an incident near Moss Lane East and Monton Street in Greenheys at around 4.30pm on Monday.
Greater Manchester Police’s (GMP) investigation has identified a “potentially linked” incident that officers responded to at nearby Whitworth Park around half an hour before the death of 15-year-old Mohanad Abdullaahi Goobe, and the force has referred its response to the first incident to the Independent Office for Police Conduct.
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Chief Superintendent David Meeney said: “Our thoughts remain with Mohanad’s family at this time and we are focused on getting all the answers for them.
“As a result of prior contact before Mohanad’s death, we have made a mandatory referral to the IOPC. We have kept the family updated and continue to support them.
“Our investigators have been working around the clock and during this investigation we have undertaken several warrants in relation to this incident as part of our commitment to getting justice for Mohanad and his family.”
The suspect, who cannot be named for legal reasons, will appear at Manchester Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, according to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
Howard Gough of the CPS said: “The Crown Prosecution Service has decided to prosecute a 15-year-old boy for murder following a police investigation into a large-scale disturbance on September 15 2025 on Monton Street, near Whitworth Park in Moston.
“Our prosecutors have worked to establish that there is sufficient evidence to bring the case to trial and that it is in the public interest to pursue criminal proceedings.
“We have worked closely with Greater Manchester Police as they carried out their investigation.”
The victim’s family previously paid tribute to him, the youngest of three siblings, and said his life “has been cut tragically short”.
They added: “It is difficult to comprehend that seeing your son head off for school in the morning would be the last time that we would see that handsome face.
“Mohanad deserves to be remembered for the young man who was loved by his family, and loved big in return, not as the boy whose life was taken with no thought or reason.
“We will not allow his name to be known as yet another statistic in the rise of knife crime.”
Mohanad’s family remembered him as “quick to laugh, easy to love, with a ready smile”.
“Our son had an uncanny ability to make you laugh, making it sometimes difficult to be serious with him,” they said.
“Mohanad had many friends, he was loyal and often played the class clown, simply to see them laugh.”
Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101 quoting quoting log 2327 of 16/09/25, anonymously through Crimestoppers on 0800 555111 or on the major incident portal at https://mipp.police.uk/operation/06GMP25S13-PO1.