Woman who died after Bootle shop stabbing named by police
Witnesses described children running out of the shop and screaming for help after the incident.Bystanders tried to help the victim, who they said had collapsed by the shop entrance.Det Insp Gavin Mulcahy previously said the attack was being treated as a domestic assault and that no-one else was being sought by police.
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