j.m@talk
03-14-2005, 11:43 AM
No Yankee style shootouts in the "Wild West End" Of Old London Town ......... Ourf wiv there heads :eek:
Near-decapitated body found in London
LONDON (Reuters) - Police have found the body of a near-decapitated man in his 60s when they were called to an incident in the Swiss Cottage area of London.
"At this stage we believe the victim was assaulted in the street," a police statement said on Monday.
A police source initially said the man had been beheaded with an axe. Officers later reported they did not believe the man had been decapitated but had suffered severe head injuries.
"I saw a policewoman being sick," witness Nick Blackford told Sky News adding he thought the weapon had been a small, hand axe.
"It is a really, really bad thing to have to see. Everyone is really, really horrifically shocked how something like this could have happened here."
Swiss Cottage is an affluent neighbourhood and Blackford said the road where the attack had occurred was a "nice, residential area".
A man in his 30s was arrested at the scene and is being questioned by detectives.
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Near-decapitated body found in London
LONDON (Reuters) - Police have found the body of a near-decapitated man in his 60s when they were called to an incident in the Swiss Cottage area of London.
"At this stage we believe the victim was assaulted in the street," a police statement said on Monday.
A police source initially said the man had been beheaded with an axe. Officers later reported they did not believe the man had been decapitated but had suffered severe head injuries.
"I saw a policewoman being sick," witness Nick Blackford told Sky News adding he thought the weapon had been a small, hand axe.
"It is a really, really bad thing to have to see. Everyone is really, really horrifically shocked how something like this could have happened here."
Swiss Cottage is an affluent neighbourhood and Blackford said the road where the attack had occurred was a "nice, residential area".
A man in his 30s was arrested at the scene and is being questioned by detectives.
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