A police forensic officer gathers evidence at the scene of the stabbing
A lorry driver has been stabbed in the neck in West Belfast.
The man in his 60s was delivering concrete to a premises early on Wednesday morning when he was stabbed in the neck.
The incident happened at around 6.40am on Wednesday morning in the Springfield Road area.
A 24-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the incident.
A local man told the press he was woken by the victim's cries.
Liam McAuley said: "I was sleeping and I heard a man shouting for help.
"By the time I got down the stairs the driver had already made his away across the street to the top of Lanark Way.
"I think people were already there giving him help.
"It could have been anyone. He was a man out earning a day's living.
"My mother and father, my granny, she's been here an awful long time and this is the first time I've ever heard of anyone being attacked and stabbed."
The police have asked anyone with any information to contact them.