60-year-old man stabbed to death on London street
Case sparks 148th murder investigation in London of 2019 - the deadliest year since 2008.
A 60-year-old man has been stabbed to death in London after murders in the capital reached the highest level for 11 years.
The man died in a residential street in Croydon on Monday. The Metropolitan Police said officers were called to Woodcroft Road, Thornton Heath, at 9.30pm.
“A 60-year-old man was found outside a residential address suffering from stab wounds,” a spokesperson added. “The injured man was pronounced dead at the scene at 9.50pm.”
A 50-year-old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder but police said he “became unwell” after being taken into custody.
The suspect was taken to hospital, where he remains in a stable condition. Enquiries into the circumstances of the stabbing continued.
Case sparks 148th murder investigation in London of 2019 - the deadliest year since 2008.
A 60-year-old man has been stabbed to death in London after murders in the capital reached the highest level for 11 years.
The man died in a residential street in Croydon on Monday. The Metropolitan Police said officers were called to Woodcroft Road, Thornton Heath, at 9.30pm.
“A 60-year-old man was found outside a residential address suffering from stab wounds,” a spokesperson added. “The injured man was pronounced dead at the scene at 9.50pm.”
A 50-year-old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder but police said he “became unwell” after being taken into custody.
The suspect was taken to hospital, where he remains in a stable condition. Enquiries into the circumstances of the stabbing continued.
