Shopkeeper killed trying to fight gang of robbers

By Nigel Bunyan Published: 5:27PM GMT twenty-one February 2010

Gurmail Singh, 63, fell to the belligerent during a m�lange at his preference store in the Cowcliffe area of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.

A organisation of passers-by attempted to forestall the squad of 4 withdrawal the emporium but they in the future forced their approach out after a struggle.

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Mr Singh, a tied together father-of-two, was taken to Huddersfield Royal Infirmary but died from his injuries in the early hours of Sunday.

A post mortem examination, due to be hold today, is approaching to endorse either the shopkeeper was punched to the ground, kicked or struck with a weapon.

However, military are already treating his genocide as murder.

The gang, all in their teenagers and wearing dim hooded tops and tracksuit bottoms, went in to the Cowcliffe Convenience Store at about 8.30pm on Friday.

A organisation of 6 passers-by listened a turmoil inside the construction and went to help.

Although nothing of them was injured, they were incompetent to forestall the squad from journey in to the night.

West Yorkshire Police have given reliable that they had stolen a small volume of money together with cigarettes and confectionary.

Det Supt David Pervin, who is heading the investigation, said: "Mr Singh was a obvious and renouned internal office worker who had been in this area most years.

"I interest for any one with report to hit us as a make a difference of urgency."

Mr Singh was "a family man with dual adult sons", he added.

Meanwhile, detectives are stability to subject the bystanders who attempted to intervene.

A military orator said: "In conditions of the witnesses, we can endorse this was a organisation of 6 people who listened a turmoil at the emporium and went to help. None of them were harmed during the incident."