OAP arrested in stab murder probe (From Cotswold Journal)

OAP arrested in stab murder probe

1:54pm Saturday 23rd June 2012 in National News © Press Association 2013

A pensioner is under arrest after a 60-year-old man was fatally stabbed.

Police said they were called to reports of a disturbance in Clifton Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, on Thursday morning.

The victim, who has not been identified, was flown to Taunton's Musgrave Park Hospital where he later died from his injuries.

An 83-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, Avon and Somerset Police said.

It is understood that the pensioner has since been taken to hospital and is receiving medical treatment.

Officers are waiting for the results of a post-mortem examination but confirmed that they are treating the victim's death as suspicious.

A force spokesman said: "We were called to reports of an altercation in the Clifton Street area of Bridgwater on Thursday morning at about 10.50am.

"The man was taken by air ambulance to Taunton's Musgrave Park Hospital where he later died.

"Another man was arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the incident and he remains in police custody.

"The post-mortem examination is yet to be carried out but the death is being treated as suspicious."