Eight held over post office death

Craig Hodson-Walker had got engaged to Lisa Bundy at Christmas

Police hunting the killers of a sub-postmaster's son in an armed robbery at a village post office have arrested eight people in raids in Birmingham.

Craig Hodson-Walker, 29, was shot in the chest and his father Ken, 56, was shot in the leg during the raid in Fairfield, Worcestershire, on Friday.

Four people were arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder.

Another four people were arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, West Mercia Police said.

Ken Hodson-Walker remains in a stable condition in hospital after surgery.

Recently engaged

More than 100 officers have been involved in the investigation, following the killing of Mr Hodson-Walker on Friday.

Three men wearing balaclavas had walked into Fairfield General Stores, in Stourbridge, armed with a handgun and a sledgehammer.

Mr Hodson-Walker, who got engaged to his girlfriend Lisa Bundy at Christmas, was shot during the struggle.

The men's getaway car - a silver Volkswagen Golf - was later found abandoned nearby in Bournheath Road.

The arrests followed early morning raids at six addresses in south Birmingham.

Five men and three women are being held at police stations across the West Mercia and West Midlands force areas.