Nine arrested over stabbing death

6:27am Tuesday 17th June 2008

Nine Bradford men have been arrested after a Bradford man was stabbed to death in a restaurant kitchen.

The men are all from the Bradford area. The victim, a man in his late forties, suffered suspected knife injuries in the attack at a restaurant in Smyth Street, Wakefield, in the early hours of yesterday.

He later died as a result of his injuries in hospital.

Five men, aged 21, 32, 37, 39 and 45, are being questioned in custody on suspicion of murder.

Three men, aged 30 and 39, are also being held on suspicion of perverting the course of justice and another man, 22, on suspicion of assisting an offender.

Anyone with any information about the incident which occurred at around 1.1am, is asked to contact West Yorkshire Police on 0845 60 60 606 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.