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| Colchester murders: Stabbing deaths 'could be linked' | |
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| Police say they cannot rule out a possible link between two murders in an Essex town. | |
| Nahid Almanea was found with 16 stab wounds on a Colchester path on Tuesday, while James Attfield died when he was stabbed 102 times at a park in March. | Nahid Almanea was found with 16 stab wounds on a Colchester path on Tuesday, while James Attfield died when he was stabbed 102 times at a park in March. |
| Det Ch Supt Steve Worron, from Essex Police, said: "We do not yet know whether [they]... have been committed by the same person or people". | Det Ch Supt Steve Worron, from Essex Police, said: "We do not yet know whether [they]... have been committed by the same person or people". |
| He added the inquiries would remain separate but would run "parallel". | He added the inquiries would remain separate but would run "parallel". |
| "We do not yet know whether the murders of Nahid Almanea and James Attfield have been committed by the same person or people," said Det Ch Supt Worron. | |
| "The circumstances of both crimes mean that we must consider the possibility that the same killer or killers are responsible. | |
| "What I really need is to hear from anyone in the community who has any suspicions about who may have committed these dreadful crimes." | |
| A criminal profiler has been brought in to check evidence from both murders. | |
| 'Frenzied' attack | |
| He urged witnesses to come forward if they had seen a man running along Hewes Close at about 10:55 BST on the day Ms Almanea was murdered. | |
| The man, described as white, aged between 18 and 25, with dark hair and wearing a red hooded top and dark trousers, was first spotted coming out of an alley near the Salary Brook Trail. | |
| Ms Almanea, 31, of Woodrow Way, was killed on a path near Avon Way as she walked to the University of Essex. | |
| She was studying in Colchester as part of her PhD and had lived in England for less than a year. | |
| Police said father-of-five Mr Attfield, 33, died in a "frenzied" attack in Castle Park on 29 March. | |
| He had wounds to his head, upper body and hands. | |
| He had suffered a severe brain injury when he was hit by a car four years ago. |