Two arrested for ‘murder' after student, 20, killed in Cambridge as witnesses describe ‘screaming'
An investigation was launched after the 20-year-old was pronounced dead outside a block of flats in Cambridge yesterday.
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Cambridgeshire Police said: "Two men have been arrested in connection with a murder in Cambridge yesterday.
"The arrests follow a public appeal issued by detectives investigating the fatal assault of a 20-year-old man in Mill Park.
"Police were called with reports of violence at 11.27pm yesterday.
"The man was pronounced dead at 12.01am.
"A 21-year-old man, from Cambridge, has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
"A 50-year-old man from Cambridge, has been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.
"Both men remain in custody at Thorpe Wood Police Station."
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