Police officers remain at the scene of an alleged murder in Wood Farm.
Detectives have arrested an 18-year-old man on suspicion of murdering the alleged victim, a 59-year-old man.
The older man was found with a head wound in the park between Wood Farm Road and Nuffield Road shortly after 6am on Wednesday morning, police said. He was taken to hospital in a critical condition but later died.
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The park is still cordoned off this morning, with police officers guarding each entrance to the green space.
A trail of yellow forensics markers could be seen near a path leading from Nuffield Road to Foresters Tower.
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Yesterday, senior investigating officer Det Supt Craig Kirby said officers were treating the incident as a ‘targeted attack’. There was not believed to be a link to a stabbing in the same park two weeks earlier.
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This story was written by Tom Seaward. He joined the team in 2021 as Oxfordshire's court and crime reporter.
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