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| More arrests over street stabbing | |
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| Police have begun a murder inquiry after the incident on Stapleton Road | Police have begun a murder inquiry after the incident on Stapleton Road |
| Eight people have now been arrested after a 19-year-old man was stabbed to death in a street in Bristol. | |
| The incident happened in Stapleton Road at the junction with Villiers Road, in Easton, shortly after 2300 BST on Thursday. | |
| The man was taken to the Bristol Royal Infirmary where he died. | |
| Two of those arrested are aged 16, three are 17, one is 18 and two are aged 20. They are all in police custody. | |
| Six people were initially arrested, but police said there had now been two more arrests. | |
| Streets in Easton and the St Pauls area of the city have been cordoned off for forensic examination. | Streets in Easton and the St Pauls area of the city have been cordoned off for forensic examination. |
| Drivers are being advised to avoid the area during the morning as disruption is expected. | Drivers are being advised to avoid the area during the morning as disruption is expected. |
| Avon and Somerset police have begun a murder inquiry and appealed to anyone with any information about the incident to contact them. |