Man questioned over stabbed baby

Hassan was stabbed in front of his mother

Police are continuing to question a man after a 10-month-old baby was stabbed in a city centre baker's shop.

Hassan Dominic Martin bled to death after being injured in the neck in Greggs bakery in Carlisle on Tuesday.

His 20-year-old mother, Lorna Martin, suffered a wound to her wrist as she tried to protect him.

It is believed the man who has been arrested is the baby's father Shahajan Mondol Kabir, 39.

Shocked residents have continued to place floral tributes outside the shop, which remained closed on Wednesday as forensic tests continued.

About three members of staff were in the shop when the stabbing happened at 1115 BST on Tuesday.

Men overpowered the attacker and officers from the city's central police station about 100 yards away were quickly on the scene.

Hassan was taken to Cumberland Infirmary where he was pronounced dead.

One customer came out of the shop and he was in tears Charity shop worker

Peter Woodall, spokesman for Greggs, said: "There will have been about three members of staff in the shop and they are clearly upset.

"We are supporting them any way we can and they are receiving counselling."

The manager of a charity shop next door told the Carlisle News and Star newspaper that the attack had left customers spattered with blood.

She said: "I was working on the till and just heard screaming outside. I thought it was kids fooling about but when I went outside a man came out of the shop covered in blood.

"Police arrived and were talking to the mother, who was hysterical.

"There were a few customers in the shop at the time and all of them were covered in blood. One customer came out of the shop and he was in tears. He was covered from head to toe in blood."

Hospital treatment

A number of cuddly toys wrapped in cellophane were left as a steady stream of shocked bystanders paid their respects.

A police spokesman said: "At just after 11.15am, we received a report that a child had been stabbed.

"The child had suffered a stab wound to its neck and was taken to Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle where he was certified dead.

"A woman aged 20 and from Carlisle was also taken to hospital with cuts to her wrist, but her condition is not believed to be life-threatening.

"A 39-year-old man from the Carlisle area has been arrested in connection with the incident."