Police probe into Rotherham Hospital murder continues

Detectives are continuing to investigate the death of a man at Rotherham District General Hospital, which is being treated as murder.

A murder probe was launched after a patient died following an attack last weekend.

Detectives are continuing to investigate the death of a man at Rotherham District General Hospital, which is being treated as murderplaceholder image
Detectives are continuing to investigate the death of a man at Rotherham District General Hospital, which is being treated as murder
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South Yorkshire Police said two patients were involved in a fight, which resulted in one of them – a 48-year-old man – later dying as a result of his injuries.

A 47-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

Anyone with information should call 101 and quote incident 939 of February 12.

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