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Murder investigation after North Shields stabbing

43-year-old Uriel Moskwa has died in hospital after being stabbed in the thigh on Alydwich Drive in North Shields on Saturday morning.

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Murder investigation underway after North Shields stabbing

A murder investigation has been launched following the death of a man who was stabbed in North Shields.

Police received a report of a man with a knife threatening another man on Aldwych Drive at about 2.30 on Saturday morning.

When they arrived officers found a 43-year-old man with a stab wound to his thigh.

He was taken to North Tyneside Hospital but was pronounced dead at later in the morning.

A 27-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of wounding with intent to commit GBH and a 21-year-old man on suspicion of GBH.

Both are currently helping police with enquiries.

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