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Boys arrested on suspicion of murder as OAP dies
Sunday Mercury
|April 12, 2026
TWO teenage boys have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a pensioner died after he was punched in the Midlands.
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Police said the victim, in his 70s, died on Friday in hospital after being punched during an exchange with a group who had thrown a large branch at a cyclist from a bridge.
Police had been called to Millenium Bridge in Cheltenham at around 7.30pm on Wednesday to a report of an incident involving three males.
This story is from the April 12, 2026 edition of Sunday Mercury.
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