The road by a vehicle. Among those to visit the scene today, the Deputy Police commissioner for Thames Valley. Ive heard from people coming forth from across the country, people, Police Officers who worked with andy, but also victims of crime who he supported in the past, and i think thats one of the most fitting memorials to him, is those people whose lives hes touched coming forward to say how much they appreciated what hes done for them. Pc harpers death has been described as mindless and brutal by the Prime Minister. Ten people are being questioned on suspicion of murder. Officers have been searching a nearby caravan site as part of the investigation. Theres been a steady stream of people throughout the morning bringing flowers, some who were colleagues of pc harper, visibly upset, others who didnt know him but wanted to express their own shock and sadness about what happened here. For police, its a difficult task, investigating the death of one of their own. The pain is shared amo
Murder of pc Andrew Harper. Because of death has been recorded as multiple injuries, it is consistent with our current belief andrew was caught between the vehicle on the surface of a road and then dragged for some distance. However the circumstances as to how andrew came to be out of his vehicle and caught under the suspect vehicle are as yet unknown. Therefore i would reiterate oui unknown. Therefore i would reiterate our plea for the public and media not to speculate on the circumstances of this incident while the investigation is ongoing. What we do know is andrew and his crew made where attending a reported burglary in bradford southend. While responding dedicated vehicle suspected to be involved in that burglary and as we said a gesture date within an hour of the incident happening we had arrested ten males aged between 13 and 30 on suspicion of murder. I can confirm that the males were arrested from a local authority run caravan and mobile home site, in reading road near burghfi