Sunday, October 15, 2006

Not safe anywhere.

I know the majority of my posts seem to be quite negative but this one is happened only a few hundred yards up the road from me.

Man murdered at university campus
A man has been murdered at the University of Central Lancashire campus in Preston.
A manhunt was launched after the 51-year-old man was found with terrible injuries shortly after 7pm on Friday.He was found by two female students on a walkway, known to students as Victoria Path, which passes directly behind the university's new student union venue, 53 Degrees, on Fylde Road.Police and paramedics were called at 7.19pm but the man was declared dead at the scene.One eyewitness said: "His face was just a mess. I think he'd been beaten. That's what it looked like."Police immediately sealed off a large area of the university campus between Brook Street, Victoria Street, Plungington Road and the student's union building.A car park, between the road and Victoria Building which is believed to be used mostly by staff from Victoria Building, was also largely cordoned off.Police confirmed the incident was being treated as murder and appealed for witnesses. A university spokesman confirmed no staff or students were involved in the incident.He said: "UCLan security services are liaising with the police to discover if footage from the university CCTV cameras can help with the police investigation."Two men have been arrested and are helping police with their inquiries.A police spokesman said: "At 7.19pm, an ambulance was called to a pathway that runs by the side of the 53 Degrees club from Fylde Road to Adelphi Street. "A male was found with head injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. "The police are investigating how he came to receive the injuries but are aware that a number of people were in the area at that time and may have witnessed some disturbance taking place."

The story was in the LEP, the local paper here. I walked past yesterday and they had two police standing near the incident and the area all taped off. Just as the forensics were scanning the area for anything to find the attackers. I hope they do find them... I remember a couple of serious attacks here last year and in the last few years even murders but that is just the kind of society we live in nowadays. ?

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