U.K. police arrest suspect in fatal train stabbing

British police on Saturday arrested a suspect in the fatal stabbing of a man who was killed in front of his 14-year-old son on a suburban London train.

Lee Pomeroy was on board a train from the town of Guildford to London with his son when he was stabbed multiple times Friday afternoon. Pomeroy would have turned 52 on Saturday, his family said in a statement.

Chief Inspector Sam Blackburn said the attack was “not believed to be a random assault.” He said the two men appeared to have been involved in an argument that escalated in the moments leading up to the killing.

The suspect was detained early Saturday on suspicion of murder. A 27-year-old woman was also arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.

Police said no one else was being sought in connection with the killing.

“Lee took his son on a trip to London hoping to spend some quality time with him which was cut short by [a] horrific and pointless attack,” Pome- roy’s family said in their statement.

ONE SHOT, KILLED IN POLICE ‘INTELLIGENCE OPERATION’

British police say a 31year-old man has been shot dead by armed officers in central England, and two others were detained at the scene following an “intelligence-led” operation.

Police say officers were acting on a warrant at a residence in the city of Coventry, about 20 miles southeast of Birmingham, late Friday. They didn’t provide details about the nature of the operation, or why officers opened fire.

Witnesses described a large number of officers and police vehicles descending on the largely residential area north of the city center.

The Independent Office for Police Conduct said Saturday it has opened an inquiry after West Midlands Police reported the fatality during a “preplanned operation.”

The area remained cordoned off late Saturday night.