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Father killed on way to hospital | |
(20 minutes later) | |
A man has been stabbed to death as he travelled to hospital with his young daughter to visit his wife who had just given birth to a baby boy. | |
Police said the man had become involved in argument with a second man which led to the fatal attack. | |
Det Ch Insp Cliff Lyons described the circumstances surrounding the murder as "particularly tragic". | |
He said the man's three-year-old daughter had not been injured in the attack on Thursday evening. | |
The man was attacked outside a Lidl supermarket in London Road, Croydon, close to West Croydon railway station, at 1815 GMT on Thursday. | The man was attacked outside a Lidl supermarket in London Road, Croydon, close to West Croydon railway station, at 1815 GMT on Thursday. |
'Shocking attack' | |
A 22-year-old man was arrested and is in custody at a south London police station. | A 22-year-old man was arrested and is in custody at a south London police station. |
The victim was taken to Mayday Hospital where he was pronounced dead an hour later. | The victim was taken to Mayday Hospital where he was pronounced dead an hour later. |
Mr Lyons said: "This was a shocking attack in a public place in the early evening. | |
"The victim's three year-old daughter was with him when he was attacked, though fortunately she wasn't physically injured." | |
He added: "Even more tragically, his partner had given birth to a son just that morning. The investigation is at a very early stage and I'm keeping an open mind about the circumstances of the attack at this point. | |
"A number of witnesses have already come forward but I believe there are still people with information we need to speak to and I urge those people to get in touch." | |
Mr Lyons added that police wanted to talk to two teenage boys who were at the bus stop when the incident happened. | |
He said: "They are described as black, aged between 15 and 20 years old, of slim build and wearing hooded tops." |