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| Contractor 'electrocuted' in Marks and Spencer in Kent | Contractor 'electrocuted' in Marks and Spencer in Kent |
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| A contractor has died after apparently being electrocuted in a shopping centre in Kent. | A contractor has died after apparently being electrocuted in a shopping centre in Kent. |
| Kent police said they believed the man died after suffering an electric shock in a Marks and Spencer store in the Royal Victoria Place shopping centre in Tunbridge Wells. | Kent police said they believed the man died after suffering an electric shock in a Marks and Spencer store in the Royal Victoria Place shopping centre in Tunbridge Wells. |
| Police said the death was being treated as suspicious while officers worked out the full circumstances of what happened. | Police said the death was being treated as suspicious while officers worked out the full circumstances of what happened. |
| The store was not evacuated as the scene was not in a public area of the shop, a spokeswoman said. | The store was not evacuated as the scene was not in a public area of the shop, a spokeswoman said. |
| The man was pronounced dead at the scene. | The man was pronounced dead at the scene. |
| Tunbridge Wells borough council have been advised of the incident and their health and safety officer will be liaising with police. | Tunbridge Wells borough council have been advised of the incident and their health and safety officer will be liaising with police. |
| The spokeswoman said: "We were called just before 3.30pm to the store in Calverley Road. | The spokeswoman said: "We were called just before 3.30pm to the store in Calverley Road. |
| "It is believed a man suffered an electric shock. He was pronounced dead at the scene. | "It is believed a man suffered an electric shock. He was pronounced dead at the scene. |
| "The air ambulance also attended. | "The air ambulance also attended. |
| "It is being treated as a suspicious death until the full circumstances are known." | "It is being treated as a suspicious death until the full circumstances are known." |
| The spokeswoman said police were called by paramedics from the South East Coast ambulance service who arrived at the scene first. | The spokeswoman said police were called by paramedics from the South East Coast ambulance service who arrived at the scene first. |
| An M&S spokeswoman said: "There has been a tragic incident at the store today and our thoughts are with the family concerned. | An M&S spokeswoman said: "There has been a tragic incident at the store today and our thoughts are with the family concerned. |
| "We are now concentrating on doing all we can to assist the emergency services with their investigation and as such are unable to comment any further at this stage." | "We are now concentrating on doing all we can to assist the emergency services with their investigation and as such are unable to comment any further at this stage." |
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