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11/06/2007
Policeman stabbed to death
A police constable has been stabbed to death in Luton town centre.
PC Jon Henry, 36, is reported to have attempted to intervene in a mugging.
He was later declared dead at Luton and Dunstable Hospital.
A baton round and a taser were used to subdue the knife wielding man.
Police confirmed that a man has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
The dead officer had served on the force for three years and was married with a baby daughter.
The Constable had been called to the scene outside Marks & Spencer in George Street at around 7:20am. Two other people were also stabbed in the incident. A window cleaner is in a stable condition after receiving serious stab wounds.
The second person's condition was not made known by police, but they have also received hospital treatment.
Witnesses said that a passer-by had tried to help the officer in a an incident described as a "scuffle".
Senior police officers have revealed that PC Henry was wearing a protective vest.
(SP/JM)
PC Jon Henry, 36, is reported to have attempted to intervene in a mugging.
He was later declared dead at Luton and Dunstable Hospital.
A baton round and a taser were used to subdue the knife wielding man.
Police confirmed that a man has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
The dead officer had served on the force for three years and was married with a baby daughter.
The Constable had been called to the scene outside Marks & Spencer in George Street at around 7:20am. Two other people were also stabbed in the incident. A window cleaner is in a stable condition after receiving serious stab wounds.
The second person's condition was not made known by police, but they have also received hospital treatment.
Witnesses said that a passer-by had tried to help the officer in a an incident described as a "scuffle".
Senior police officers have revealed that PC Henry was wearing a protective vest.
(SP/JM)
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