Murder inquiry after man dies in Downpatrick stabbing attack
The Police Service of Northern Ireland has begun a murder investigation after the attack in Church Street on Monday.A man in his 30s has been arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in police custody.Det Ch Insp John Caldwell appealed for information.The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service said it sent several crews to the incident after it received a 999 call about an assault in Church Street.
It deployed an air ambulance crew, three emergency crews and a rapid response paramedic to the scene. "Following assessment and initial treatment at the scene, no patients were taken to hospital," an NIAS spokesman said.Assembly member Colin McGrath, from the Social Democratic and Labour Party , told BBC News NI it was the second stabbing to take place on Church Street in recent days.Sinn Féin councillor Cathy Mason described reports of the stabbing as disturbing and urged anyone with information to contact police.
"I totally condemn this murder which will be abhorred by all the population in Downpatrick and further afield," she said."This follows on from the stabbing incident in the town a few days ago," the peer added. "Both incidents are not characteristic of life, society and our community in Downpatrick and understandably the local population in Church Street and the wider town area will be traumatised and appalled by this incident."
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