VIC: Police pursue link in teacher stabbing

AAP General News (Australia)
12-21-1998
VIC: Police pursue link in teacher stabbing

MELBOURNE, Dec 21 AAP - Melbourne homicide squad detectives are investigating a possible
link between the stabbing death of teacher aide Peter Orr and a man who has been charged with
attempting to murder a policeman.

Mr Orr died in hospital yesterday morning after being stabbed in the forehead by a thief at
the Lynall Hall Community College in Richmond last week.

A police spokeswoman said homicide squad detectives were pursuing the possibility of a
connection between the attack and a 19-year-old man who was facing about 60 charges after a
series of events in the week leading up to the stabbing.

The man was arrested the same afternoon as Mr Orr was stabbed.

Senior Detective Simon Cusack of Richmond CIB indicated yesterday that a breakthrough in
the investigation was imminent following a call to the anonymous Crime Stoppers line after
last Tuesday's attack.

Police refused to confirm today they were interviewing the man who is currently in custody
after being charged last week with attempted murder and scores of other offences.

"Detectives will not speculate as to whom they will be interviewing," the police
spokeswoman said.

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