Murder probe after Thurnscoe assault victim dies

DETECTIVES have are treating the death of a man who was fatally attacked in Thurnscoe as murder.

A 32-year-old man found with serious head injuries outside a property on Houghton Road on Friday night died in hospital yesterday (Sunday).

Police were alerted by ambulance staff who attended the incident.

Four people — men aged 36 and 34 and two 15-year-old boys — were arrested on suspicion of assault. They have been released on bail pending further enquiries.

A fifth person, a 35-year-old man, was arrested by officers on suspicion of assault and was still in custody yesterday.

Formal identification and a postmortem are yet to take place, South Yorkshire Police said.

Officers are keen to hear from anyone with information about what happened.

Call 101 quoting incident 650 of June 5. You can also give information to Crimestoppers via www.crimestoppers-uk.org or 0800 555 111.