12/12/2007

Man Arrested Over Chip Shop Murders

Police investigating the murders of two men in a flat above a fish and chip shop in Shawbury, North Shropshire, have arrested a man.

Sukhdav Singh, who is in his 20s, is believed to have shared the flat with the two men who were found dead.

He was arrested in Smethwick in the West Midlands and has been taken to Telford police station for questioning.

The two men were found dead last Friday in the flat above Mike's Fish Bar in Dayton Road.

A post-mortem confirmed that they both died from head injuries. It is understood that police have established the names of the victims, believed to be in their 20s and originally from the Punjab, but they have yet to be formally identified.

(KMcA)


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