Man dies after Christmas Eve stabbing

The restaurant has been shut for the next few days and police cordoned off an alleyway behind the premises.A man has died after being stabbed in the middle of a popular restaurant in Middlesbrough on Christmas Eve.Mazhar Ali, 41, from Stockton, Teeside, was taken to The James Cook University hospital after the incident took place in Manjaros restaurant on Linthorpe Road on Sunday at 3.40pm.