{"id":239157,"date":"2009-01-30T20:53:10","date_gmt":"2009-01-30T20:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/xmlimport\/index.php\/2009\/01\/30\/man-killed-visiting-newborn-son\/"},"modified":"2009-01-30T20:53:10","modified_gmt":"2009-01-30T20:53:10","slug":"man-killed-visiting-newborn-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2009\/01\/30\/man-killed-visiting-newborn-son\/","title":{"rendered":"Man killed visiting newborn son"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"first\"><img class=\"caption\" http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/images\/stories\/uk%20murder%20scene.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"The victim's three-year-old daughter was unhurt\" title=\"The victim's three-year-old daughter was unhurt\" align=\"left\" \/>A 26-year-old man was stabbed to death as he travelled to hospital with his young daughter to visit his wife who had just given birth to a boy. <\/p>\n<p>He became involved in an argument with a second man and died &#8220;in front of his daughter&#8217;s eyes&#8221; in Croydon, south London, police said. <\/p>\n<p>A 22-year-old man was arrested and is in custody at a south London police station. <\/p>\n<p>Det Ch Insp Cliff Lyons described the murder as &#8220;particularly tragic&#8221;. <!-- E SF --><\/p>\n<p>He said the man&#8217;s three-year-old daughter had not been injured in the attack on Thursday evening. <\/p>\n<p>The man was attacked outside a Lidl supermarket in London Road, close to West Croydon railway station, at 1815 GMT. <\/p>\n<p>The victim was taken to Mayday Hospital where he was pronounced dead an hour later. <\/p>\n<p> <!-- Inline Embbeded Media -->  <!--  This is the embedded player component -->  <\/p>\n<div class=\"videoInStoryC\">\n<div id=\"emp_7861782\" class=\"emp\"><\/div>\n<p> \t \t<!-- caption --><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Police appeal for witnesses<\/p>\n<p><!-- END - caption --> <\/div>\n<p>  <!-- end of the embedded player component -->  <!-- END of Inline Embedded Media -->  <\/p>\n<p>Mr Lyons said: &#8220;This was a shocking attack in a public place in the early evening. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The victim&#8217;s three year-old daughter was with him when he was attacked, though fortunately she wasn&#8217;t physically injured.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;Even more tragically, his partner had given birth to a son just that morning. 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