LONDON (AP) — U.K. police say a man has died from stab wounds after a fight at the shopping mall that will be the gateway to London's Olympic Park. Metropolitan police said the man was killed Friday afternoon on the ground floor of the Westfield shopping mall and another has been arrested. The new mall links the Stratford train, bus and subway stations to the Olympic Park in east London. Spectators will have to walk through it to reach a number of Olympic venues for the games that are taking place from July 27 to Aug. 12. Stratford has traditionally been a poor neighborhood with a relatively high crime rate but the Summer Olympics has helped regenerate the area. Police gave no further details about the man's identity or what caused the fight.
UK police: Man killed at Olympics shopping mall
Jun. 29 2:43 PM EDT
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FILE This Wednesday, March 7, 2012 file photo shows the London 2012 Olympic Stadium at sunset at the Olympic Park in London. The 2012 Olympics will showcase a much different London and a much different event from the 1948 London Olympics which was hosted amid severe austerity in the aftermath of World War II. This will be a $14.5 billion extravaganza featuring multimillionaire professionals and global stars like Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps, shiny new purpose-built venues and a revitalized east London. Britain's biggest peacetime project also comes with a massive security operation. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
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