Murder Investigation:Machete Attack In Rotherham

15 October 2013, 17:20 | Updated: 30 March 2016, 13:50

A murder investigation has been launched after a shopkeeper died following a machete attack in Rotherham.

South Yorkshire Police said the emergency services responded after they received reports of a man running through Rotherham with a machete at around 2pm.

''On arrival at the scene, one man was found dead and a second man seriously injured,'' a spokeswoman said.

''The second man has been taken to hospital where he remains undergoing treatment.''

Officers have arrested a 27-year-old man on suspicion of murder.