Police seize car after fatal stabbing victim is driven to Sheffield hospital and dumped outside A&E

A car believed to have been used to drive a man to hospital in Sheffield after a knife attack before his body was dumped outside A&E has been seized by the police.
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Shocked eyewitnesses at the Northern General Hospital said a car pulled up outside the accident and emergency department and a man’s body was left on the ground before the driver left the scene on Thursday, May 13.

Medics raced to the aid of the casualty and emergency open heart surgery was performed but 22-year-old Albanian national Armend Xhika, who lived in Pitsmoor, could not be saved and a murder probe was launched.

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Just before Armend was driven to hospital, fights involving a group of men had broken out on Earl Marshal Road, in Fir Vale, and nearby Kirton Road, in Pitsmoor.

Armend Xhika was stabbed to death in SheffieldArmend Xhika was stabbed to death in Sheffield
Armend Xhika was stabbed to death in Sheffield

Police officers were deployed to the streets to deal with the violence but those involved had fled before they arrived.

In addition to Armend’s fatal injuries, another young man also suffered serious knife wounds in the street brawls and was hospitalised.

South Yorkshire Police said: “Armend was dropped off at the Northern General Hospital in a vehicle. The vehicle involved has been recovered for forensic enquiries and the driver was arrested.”

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Detectives said enquiries into whether the murder is linked to any other incidents are ‘ongoing’.

Five arrests have been made so far as part of the murder probe.

A man in his 30s arrested on suspicion of murder has been released under investigation.

A second man in his 30s and a man in his 20s, who were also arrested on suspicion of murder, have been released without charge along with a man in his 20s arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm with intent and a woman in her 20s arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.

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South Yorkshire Police said: “Mr Xhika’s family continue to be supported by specially trained officers as detectives work to piece together the events which led up to his death.”

Anyone with information about the murder should call South Yorkshire Police on 101 and quote incident number 857 of May 13.

Crimestoppers can also be contacted, anonymously, on 0800 555111.