Grimesthorpe Road murder: Post mortem reveals Sheffield murder victim was stabbed to death

The 31-year-old, who has not yet been named, was found unconscious in Grimesthorpe Road, in the Burngreave area, at around 2.50am yesterday.

Police officers and paramedics were deployed but the man died at the scene.

A post mortem examination revealed that he died of a single stab wound.

Three men have been arrested on suspicion of murder so far.

A 49-year-old was held in police custody and quizzed yesterday and this morning two other men, aged 33 and 58, were also arrested.

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Detective Chief Inspector Phil Etheridge, senior investigating officer, said today: “We have a dedicated team of detectives working on this investigation and I would urge anyone who has any information to come forward.

“There will be a large police presence in the area today as we continue to carry out enquiries. Please speak to an officer if you have any questions or concerns.”

If you have information about what happened, or if you have CCTV or dash cam footage which would be helpful to the investigation team, please share it with us. If you are uncomfortable speaking to us directly, you can tell Crimestoppers what you know and you will remain completely anonymous."

Anyone with information should call South Yorkshire Police on 101 and quote incident number 112 of April 7.

Dash cam, CCTV or mobile phone footage can be emailed into [email protected], quoting the incident number in the subject line.