A murder probe has been launched after a 20-year-old was found with multiple stab wounds in woodland in Stevenage.

Bereket Selomun was discovered by Brittain Way, adjoining Fairlands Valley Park, shortly before 7.30am on Thursday, July 7.

He had come to England from Eritrea as a teenager, was granted asylum in the UK and lived in Stevenage.

Detective inspector Iain MacPherson said: “The investigation into Bereket’s death continues and although we are pursuing a number of lines of enquiry, we still do not understand the motive for such a brutal attack on this young man.

“I am however, satisfied that the answers are likely to lie within the young Eritrean community of which Bereket was a part.

“As well as witnesses to what happened, I am appealing to anybody who has any information about this murder or believes they know who is responsible to contact police so that we can deliver justice for him and his family.”

Information can be reported via 101 quoting Operation Madrigal.

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