Police have charged a man in connection with the stabbing of a Muslim surgeon outside a mosque.

The 58-year-old, believed to be consultant Nasser Kurdy, was on his way to the Altrincham Islamic Centre in Hale, Cheshire, when he was attacked just before 6pm on Sunday.

He was taken to hospital with a stab wound to his neck but was later discharged, according to Khalid Anis, a spokesman for the Altrincham and Hale Muslim Association.

On Tuesday Ian Anthony Rook, 28, of no fixed abode, was charged by Greater Manchester Police in connection with the stabbing.

Rook has been charged with a section 18 assault and possession of a lethal weapon and will appear at Manchester City Magistrates Court later.


A second man has been released with no further action.