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| Gloucester hairdressers stabbing: Man arrested after 20-year-old woman killed in Southgate Street salon | Gloucester hairdressers stabbing: Man arrested after 20-year-old woman killed in Southgate Street salon |
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| Police have launched a murder investigation after a 20-year-old woman was stabbed to death in a hairdressers in Gloucester. | |
| Officers said one man had been arrested on suspicion of murder after they received reports of an attack inside Fringe Benefits, Southgate Street at around 5.50pm on Tuesday evening. | Officers said one man had been arrested on suspicion of murder after they received reports of an attack inside Fringe Benefits, Southgate Street at around 5.50pm on Tuesday evening. |
| The victim was taken by ambulance to the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, but could not be saved. A spokesperson for Gloucestershire Police said the woman's next of kin and the coroner had been informed of her death. | The victim was taken by ambulance to the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, but could not be saved. A spokesperson for Gloucestershire Police said the woman's next of kin and the coroner had been informed of her death. |
| He said: "A 22-year-old male was arrested on suspicion of murder in the early hours of this morning. | He said: "A 22-year-old male was arrested on suspicion of murder in the early hours of this morning. |
| "He is currently in police custody." | "He is currently in police custody." |
| The section of road where the incident occurred remained cordoned off on Wednesday morning, with forensics teams on the scene and a white tent set up in the doorway to the salon. | The section of road where the incident occurred remained cordoned off on Wednesday morning, with forensics teams on the scene and a white tent set up in the doorway to the salon. |
| Neighbours told the Gloucester Citizen they had heard "screaming and shouting" on Southgate Street at around the time of the stabbing yesterday. | Neighbours told the Gloucester Citizen they had heard "screaming and shouting" on Southgate Street at around the time of the stabbing yesterday. |
| Care worker Alec Rosam, 30, said: "I didn't think much about it at the time... but when I came out of my flat later there were four police cars and an ambulance outside the hairdressers. | Care worker Alec Rosam, 30, said: "I didn't think much about it at the time... but when I came out of my flat later there were four police cars and an ambulance outside the hairdressers. |
| "It is scary and quite shocking for this to happen on my own doorstep."Delroy Ellis, founder of the Gloucester-based Increase the Peace youth mentoring project, said it was the "second brutal knife murder" incident in the city in less than two months. | "It is scary and quite shocking for this to happen on my own doorstep."Delroy Ellis, founder of the Gloucester-based Increase the Peace youth mentoring project, said it was the "second brutal knife murder" incident in the city in less than two months. |
| Police appealed for anyone who witnessed the incident or had any information to call 101, quoting incident 340 of 18 February. | Police appealed for anyone who witnessed the incident or had any information to call 101, quoting incident 340 of 18 February. |