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| Father stab death case of mistaken identity say police | Father stab death case of mistaken identity say police |
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| A man who was fatally stabbed while having a cigarette outside a pub in central London was mistaken for someone else by his killers, police believe. | |
| Christopher Foster, 34, from Walworth, south-east London, had a four-year-old daughter and worked at a law firm. | Christopher Foster, 34, from Walworth, south-east London, had a four-year-old daughter and worked at a law firm. |
| He was stabbed shortly before midnight on Friday in Borough High Street, Southwark, and died later in hospital. | He was stabbed shortly before midnight on Friday in Borough High Street, Southwark, and died later in hospital. |
| A 32-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender and is in custody, said police. | A 32-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender and is in custody, said police. |
| Det Ch Insp John Sandlin, of the Metropolitan Police said: "At this stage of our investigation, this appears to be a case of mistaken identity." | |
| Mr Foster was with a male friend in an alleyway outside St Christopher's Inn. | |
| Witnesses said they saw seven suspects wearing hooded clothing and carrying baseball bats and at least one knife. | Witnesses said they saw seven suspects wearing hooded clothing and carrying baseball bats and at least one knife. |
| They ran towards Elephant and Castle. | |
| A post-mortem examination was due to be held at Greenwich Public Mortuary. | A post-mortem examination was due to be held at Greenwich Public Mortuary. |
| Mr Foster, who worked in administration for a firm of lawyers, was not married and was a father of a four-year-old girl. |