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A third person has been arrested over the murder of a 16-year-old boy who was stabbed outside his Blackpool home. | A third person has been arrested over the murder of a 16-year-old boy who was stabbed outside his Blackpool home. |
Sam Brown died from a single stab wound in Cockerham Walk in the Grange Park area of Blackpool on Monday. | Sam Brown died from a single stab wound in Cockerham Walk in the Grange Park area of Blackpool on Monday. |
A Blackpool man was arrested in Manchester on Tuesday night and is due to be questioned by detectives. | A Blackpool man was arrested in Manchester on Tuesday night and is due to be questioned by detectives. |
Officers have been granted extra time to question a man and woman who were arrested earlier on Tuesday in connection with the killing. | Officers have been granted extra time to question a man and woman who were arrested earlier on Tuesday in connection with the killing. |
A 28-year-old man was also stabbed in the incident, but his injuries are not thought to be life-threatening. | |
The puzzle will only to be solved with the help of residents on the Grange Park estate Det Supt Graham Gardner | |
Lancashire Police's Det Supt Graham Gardner, who is leading the inquiry, has made a fresh appeal for information on the killing. | |
He said: "We are now questioning three people in connection with the tragic death of young Sam Brown. | |
"But, as I have already said, they are just part of the jigsaw and I remain convinced that the puzzle will only be solved with the help of residents on the Grange Park estate. | |
"We need to know what happened in the early hours of Monday morning and we need to know Sam's movements in the hours leading up to his death. | |
"I do appeal to anyone who might have information to come forward." | |
Neighbours tried to resuscitate Sam, but he was already dead by the time paramedics arrived. | |
A student at St Mary's Catholic College, Sam was due to sit an English GCSE exam on Tuesday. | |
He had taken a part-time job in a supermarket and had planned to train as a plumber. |
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