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Two young children stabbed to death in England
A five-year-old boy and a four-year-old girl are believed to have been stabbed to death in south London, Scotland Yard said on Saturday.
- Agencies
- Published: 11:40 May 31, 2008
London: A five-year-old boy and a four-year-old girl are believed to have been stabbed to death in south London, Scotland Yard said on Saturday.
A third child, a six-month-old baby, is suffering from suspected stab wounds and in a critical condition in hospital.
All three children were found at a home in Carshalton on Friday evening after police and the London Ambulance Service were called, but the two children died later in hospital.
A 39-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman have been arrested and officers from the Homicide and Serious Crime Command and the Child Abuse Investigation Command have launched an investigation.
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