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Two more held over father murder | Two more held over father murder |
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Police investigating the murder of a father at a bus stop in south London have arrested two more men. | Police investigating the murder of a father at a bus stop in south London have arrested two more men. |
John Nii Kacsu Abbey, 26, a local boxer known to friends as King, was stabbed in Croydon on Thursday evening in front of his three-year-old daughter. | John Nii Kacsu Abbey, 26, a local boxer known to friends as King, was stabbed in Croydon on Thursday evening in front of his three-year-old daughter. |
Mr Abbey was on his way to nearby Mayday Hospital to see his wife and newborn son when he was stabbed. | Mr Abbey was on his way to nearby Mayday Hospital to see his wife and newborn son when he was stabbed. |
Police said two unnamed men, aged 36 and 39, were arrested early on Sunday morning in a "pre-planned operation". | |
Police are also trying to trace a woman who administered CPR to Mr Abbey just moments after he was stabbed. | |
Det Ch Insp Cliff Lyons said: "She was present with John Abbey and his little girl performing CPR on the victim before paramedics arrived. She may have vital information that could help in the investigation." | |
Mr Lyons described the woman as Asian and said police do not know whether or not she knew the victim. | |
A 22-year-old unnamed man who handed himself in to police on Friday also remains in custody on suspicion of murder. | A 22-year-old unnamed man who handed himself in to police on Friday also remains in custody on suspicion of murder. |
Witness appeal | Witness appeal |
Police have continued to appeal for other witnesses to the stabbing on the busy stretch of London Road opposite the Lidl supermarket to come forward. | |
They are particularly interested in speaking to two teenage boys who were at the bus stop when the stabbing took place. | They are particularly interested in speaking to two teenage boys who were at the bus stop when the stabbing took place. |
Officers have found a number of knives in the area and were also reviewing CCTV footage from a number of cameras. | Officers have found a number of knives in the area and were also reviewing CCTV footage from a number of cameras. |
Police said Mr Abbey's three-year-old daughter, who was unhurt, watched paramedics try to save her father after the attack. | Police said Mr Abbey's three-year-old daughter, who was unhurt, watched paramedics try to save her father after the attack. |
A post-mortem concluded that the victim died of a single stab wound to the heart. | A post-mortem concluded that the victim died of a single stab wound to the heart. |
Mr Abbey, who is originally from Ghana, was taken to the same hospital at which his wife had earlier given birth, but was pronounced dead an hour after the 1815 GMT attack. |
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