Rotherham 'Machete' Murder Victim Named

By Gerard Tubb, North Of England Correspondent

A butcher stabbed to death in the Eastwood area of Rotherham has been named as father-of-three Parvaiz Iqbal.

Emergency services were called to his Grosvenor Road shop at around 2pm as 999 calls were made to report a man brandishing a machete on streets between Eastwood and Rotherham town centre.

Mr Iqbal is understood to have died from stab wounds. A shop worker was also stabbed and seriously injured but was able to raise the alarm. He is said to be stable in hospital.

A 27-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder and is currently in police custody after being detained in a nearby supermarket car park.

Forensic officers work outside Mr Iqbal's shop

Relatives of the dead man, who was in his forties, say he had taken on an extra worker the previous day to help with orders for the Muslim Eid-al-Adha festival, the shop's busiest time.

It is thought the man, a butcher, had been previously employed by Mr Iqbal but had been laid off some months ago after injuring himself at work.

Grosvenor Road, a quiet residential street, was cordoned off for several hours, with scenes of crime officers gathering evidence inside the shop and from damaged cars in the area.

Witnesses said a man had smashed car windows as he ran up the road and turned towards Rotherham town centre.

Butcher Parvaiz Iqbal was described as "courteous and kind"

Writing on Twitter, Richard Cattley said: "A man has just ran past me in Rotherham town centre wielding a machete covered in blood shouting move!! Police everywhere!

"All I saw him run past me with knife in hand shouting move adjacent to where the buildings are being knocked down opp market."

Local councillor Mahroof Hussain, whose wife was Mr Iqbal's cousin, told Sky News no one knew why he had been attacked.

"Eid should be a happy day, but now it will always be remembered for this," he said.

The alleyway beside Mr Iqbal's shop was cordoned off by police

Speaking after morning prayers at the nearby Abu Bakar mosque, he said Mr Iqbal's family were distraught.

Omar Mehban, a family friend said: "This is such a shock and I feel really deeply for his family.

"He was such a wonderful person, always courteous and kind. All the times I went in his shop, I can never recall him not smiling.

"It's absolutely devastating."

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