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15/06/2009
Newsagent Dies After Luton Stabbing
A shopkeeper has died after being stabbed during a robbery in his shop.
A man in his 30s has been arrested after the owner of Moon's Newsagents in Park Street, Luton, was attacked this morning.
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire serious crime officers were called to the scene at 6.30 on Sunday morning.
The shopkeeper died after the stabbing. The attack is being treated as murder, Det Ch Insp Jon Humphries said.
"We believe it was a robbery that resulted in the shopkeeper being stabbed," he said.
"Anyone who was in or around Manor Road, Park Street or Bailey Street around 6.00am this morning and saw anything unusual or suspicious which could be related to this incident should contact police."
A post mortem examination is due to be carried out later, the spokesman added.
Meanwhile, in a separate attack, a teenager is in a critical condition in hospital in Nottingham, following a stabbing.
The 18-year-old was attacked in Teviot Road, in the Bestwood area, at around 2.30am on Saturday.
He was taken to the Queen's Medical Centre, Nottinghamshire Police said.
(JM/BMcc)
A man in his 30s has been arrested after the owner of Moon's Newsagents in Park Street, Luton, was attacked this morning.
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire serious crime officers were called to the scene at 6.30 on Sunday morning.
The shopkeeper died after the stabbing. The attack is being treated as murder, Det Ch Insp Jon Humphries said.
"We believe it was a robbery that resulted in the shopkeeper being stabbed," he said.
"Anyone who was in or around Manor Road, Park Street or Bailey Street around 6.00am this morning and saw anything unusual or suspicious which could be related to this incident should contact police."
A post mortem examination is due to be carried out later, the spokesman added.
Meanwhile, in a separate attack, a teenager is in a critical condition in hospital in Nottingham, following a stabbing.
The 18-year-old was attacked in Teviot Road, in the Bestwood area, at around 2.30am on Saturday.
He was taken to the Queen's Medical Centre, Nottinghamshire Police said.
(JM/BMcc)
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