Tuesday, May 20, 2008

NZ gramps beaten to death returning from prayer

Just when you think you've heard it all. No suspects or motive yet.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10511490

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A grandfather who was fatally bashed at an Auckland bus stop has been described by friends and family as a devout Baptist and a "pillar of the community".

Graham Wallace Arcus was walking home along Manukau Rd just after 9pm on Saturday when he was assaulted by one of five men at the Watchman's Lane bus stop.

The 61-year-old had been at a prayer group at Royal Oak Baptist Church on nearby Symonds St. He died in Auckland Hospital at 6.45am yesterday.