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| Morden lecturer killing: Stabbing may be linked to fatal attack | |
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| The rush hour stabbing of a man near a London Tube station as he made his way to a new job may be linked to an attack 40 minutes earlier, the Met has said. | |
| University lecturer Daniel Young, 30, was killed in Kendor Gardens, near Morden at about 08:07 GMT on Tuesday. | |
| The Met said it was investigating whether a non-fatal stabbing 1.5 miles away at about 07:30 GMT was linked. | The Met said it was investigating whether a non-fatal stabbing 1.5 miles away at about 07:30 GMT was linked. |
| A 26-year-old man, arrested on suspicion of murder, has been bailed while investigations continue. | A 26-year-old man, arrested on suspicion of murder, has been bailed while investigations continue. |
| Police said the first attack was on a 23-year-old man, who was taken to hospital after he was stabbed in the buttocks in Lewis Road, Mitcham. | Police said the first attack was on a 23-year-old man, who was taken to hospital after he was stabbed in the buttocks in Lewis Road, Mitcham. |
| 'Unprovoked attack' | |
| Officers were then called to Kendor Gardens - a park used by commuters as a short cut to Morden Tube station and Morden Road tram stop - where Mr Young had been stabbed. | Officers were then called to Kendor Gardens - a park used by commuters as a short cut to Morden Tube station and Morden Road tram stop - where Mr Young had been stabbed. |
| He died at the scene. | He died at the scene. |
| Mr Young, who was originally from Paignton in Devon, was on his way to the second day of his new job as a lecturer at Coventry University's London Campus International. | |
| Det Ch Insp Cliff Lyons said: "This appears to be unprovoked attack on a man that was simply going about his daily business... and there would have been a number of commuters in the vicinity. | Det Ch Insp Cliff Lyons said: "This appears to be unprovoked attack on a man that was simply going about his daily business... and there would have been a number of commuters in the vicinity. |
| "I believe that the suspect would have entered and exited Kendor Gardens via Dorset Road and Kenley Road. From which direction they entered and exited has yet to be established." | "I believe that the suspect would have entered and exited Kendor Gardens via Dorset Road and Kenley Road. From which direction they entered and exited has yet to be established." |