Two women were stabbed in the back within 20 minutes on Bradford streets today.

Police were called to Scotchman Road, Manningham, just after 9.50am to reports of a woman being stabbed.

Officers attended and found a woman in her 50s who had suffered a single stab wound to her back.

Police are linking the attack to a similar incident in Keighley Road, Frizinghall, just after 10.10am.

Police were called by paramedics after a woman in her 30s was found with a stab wound to her back.

Bystanders reported hearing screaming from the woman, who had been pushing a baby in a pram.

Bradford Telegraph and Argus:

The police cordon in Keighley Road, Frizinghall

Officers have arrested a 52-year-old woman on suspicion of wounding with intent. Police are not looking for anyone else in connection with either inquiry.

A knife has been recovered.

Bradford Telegraph and Argus:

The second attack took place in the car park of The Parkside Centre in Keighley Road.

Saj Khan, deputy manager of the Sainsbury's Local store at the complex, said he heard "screaming" as he was bringing in a delivery from a lorry in the car park.

"I couldn't see because the wagon was in front of me, but I heard screaming and thought what's going on?

Bradford Telegraph and Argus:

"I saw a crowd of people around the woman, and she had a pram with her baby in, which is only three or four months old.

"I took the phone off her and spoke to paramedics to give them directions.

"I brought the pram and the baby inside the shop.

"I know her, she's a regular customer.

"I only saw the other woman from a distance. She didn't run off at first, she was just walking normal like nothing had happened. People in the car park who witnessed it said it was her who had stabbed her.

"She had disappeared by the time the police arrived.

"She (the woman who was stabbed) is a really bubbly type and gets on with everyone. She is a regular face in the shop, she had three kids, two who are in school, and the baby she was with today.

"Her father came on to get the baby and said the wound was not deep, but she was going to hospital to get checked out.

"I just hope she's all right, it was a real shock.

"She comes in here all the time and I have no idea why someone would want to stab her.

"I asked her if she knew the other woman, and she said no."

Both women have been discharged from hospital.