Lankan shopkeeper knifed to death in Liverpool

UK Police hunting the killer of a Sri Lankan shopkeeper, who was stabbed to death as he worked, are scouring CCTV footage. The 30-year-old victim, who has not yet been named, was knifed in the neck during the attack at the Liverpool shop at around 9pm on Tuesday night.

He was found collapsed inside Stanley News and Wines on Kingsway, Huyton, and died at Whiston Hospital a short time later.

Merseyside Police said the motive for the murder remains unclear and they are keeping an open mind.

Detectives are studying CCTV footage which shows the attacker, whose face was covered, running out of the shop and away from the scene.

The victim had been living in the UK for around 12 months and efforts are now taking place to trace his family in Sri Lanka. The Police said he was an employee at the shop, a general store and off licence, which is owned and managed by a Sri Lankan family. UK Mirror