A second person has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was stabbed to death inside a flat.
Merseyside Police were called to reports of an incident inside a block of flats in Haydock, Liverpool, at around 10.25pm on Friday. Police had arrested a 39-year-old woman from Billinge on suspicion of murder on Friday, who is still in custody, and have now revealed a 40-year-old man from Liverpool has also been arrested in connection to the death. In a new update on Saturday, Merseyside Police said: “Detectives investigating the fatal stabbing at an address in Haydock have arrested a second person.”
Officers, who attended the scene along with the North West Ambulance Service, found a man with stab injuries. A spokesperson for the force has since confirmed the man, in his 30s, has since died of his injuries, according to the Liverpool Echo.
A spokesperson for Merseyside Police said: “We are in the early stages of investigating the incident and our enquiries are ongoing.”
Merseyside Police has asked anybody with information to contact the force’s social media desk, quoting 25000365166.
The road was cordoned off and forensics officers and detectives were working at the scene.
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