Woman dies after stabbing at shop

Officers were called to "a business premises" on Stanley Road, Bootle

A woman has died after being stabbed in a shop.

Merseyside Police were called to "a business premises" on Stanley Road, Bootle, near its junction with Wadham Road, on Friday evening at 17:05 BST.

It was reported a woman in her 40s had been stabbed in the torso.

Officers arrested a 47-year-old man from Widnes on suspicion of attempted murder, but re-arrested him on suspicion of murder after the woman died in hospital.

Merseyside Police Det Insp Gavin Mulcahy said: "It is desperately sad that a woman lost her life earlier today as a result of this incident.

"Our thoughts first and foremost are with her family, who are now left to grieve her loss in the most tragic of circumstances. They will be fully supported by specialist officers in the coming days and weeks."

He urged anyone with CCTV taken in the area at about 17:00, or who might have been driving along Stanley Road at about that time, to come forward if they had any information that might help the investigation.

Det Insp Mulchahy added: "We are in the very early stages of our investigation but this is currently being treated as a domestic assault in which the suspect and victim knew each other, and we are not looking for anyone else in connection with it."