New Scotland Yard has launched a murder investigation after an elderly man was fatally stabbed in Central London on Thursday. The unidentified 60-year-old was at London’s Oxford Circus when he was stabbed. He died in hospital later. The Metropolitan police said a 25-year-old man was arrested at the scene, first on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and possession of an offensive weapon, and subsequently on suspicion of murder. The suspect, who is also unidentified, remains in custody at a central London police station. A witness to the stabbing told the PA news agency that he saw members of the public grab the suspect and disarm him. The passerby, who asked not to be named, said members of the public “detained him and put the knife in a cylinder.” “One man grabbed him and soon after the police were there holding him down and he was shouting. I couldn’t hear what he was …
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