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'Stabbing' in Canterbury house leaves two dead Canterbury 'stabbings': Two dead, two injured
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Two people have been killed and two others injured in a "stabbing" in a house in Canterbury. Two people were killed and two others hurt at a house in Canterbury following an altercation and reported stabbing.
A 53-year-old man who is believed to have known the victims was arrested at the house in Dickens Avenue shortly after 19:30 BST on Tuesday. A 53-year-old man was arrested at the property in Dickens Avenue just after 19:30 BST on Tuesday. He is known to the victims, but not related.
Kent Police said two people had suffered fatal wounds and two others were taken to hospital. A 40-year-old woman from Canterbury, named locally as Natasha Sadler-Ellis, was one of those who died.
Neighbour Rab Hendry told the BBC he helped treat one man, aged in his 20s, who had been stabbed in the stomach. A 17-year-old boy and a man, aged 20, who were injured are thought to be her sons. The boy is critical in hospital.
'Boy was panicking' Kent Police said the man was released from hospital after treatment.
Next of kin
They said the woman's next-of-kin had been informed of her death, but formal identification had yet to be carried out.
Inquiries are ongoing to locate the next-of-kin of a man who also died at the scene, officers said.
Post-mortem examinations are due to take place on Thursday.
The man arrested at the scene is being questioned on suspicion of murder.
Neighbour Rab Hendry said he helped treat one of the injured, who had been stabbed in the stomach.
"I saw two lads, I believe they were brothers, and the oldest one said his brother's been stabbed in the stomach."I saw two lads, I believe they were brothers, and the oldest one said his brother's been stabbed in the stomach.
"I got him to the ground and saw the wound was opened right up. I put tea towels on him and put pressure on it until [paramedics] came.""I got him to the ground and saw the wound was opened right up. I put tea towels on him and put pressure on it until [paramedics] came."
Mr Hendry said the "boy was panicking" and "white as a sheet" so he kept talking to him to try to calm him down. Mr Hendry said the boy was panicking and "white as a sheet" so he kept talking to him to try to calm him down.
'Quiet area'
Another resident, who gave his name only as Jamie, said he saw a woman lying in the doorway of the house and what looked like the body of a man further inside.Another resident, who gave his name only as Jamie, said he saw a woman lying in the doorway of the house and what looked like the body of a man further inside.
He said police carried out CPR to try to revive them but he understood they had died. He said police carried out CPR to try to revive them, but he understood they had died.
The man being held by police was arrested at the scene in Dickens Avenue. Kent Police said it was thought he and the victims knew each other.
They said they would not be naming the victims until next of kin had been informed.
Residents described their shock at the killings taking place in such a "quiet area".Residents described their shock at the killings taking place in such a "quiet area".
'Flashing lights' Charlotte Bunn, 83, who lives opposite the house said: "I only knew the people who lived there to say hello to when out in the garden or walking in the street.
Charlotte Bunn, 83, who lives opposite the house where the killing took place, said people often lived there for "one or two years then move on". "They seem all right. I can't find any fault."
"I only knew the people who lived there to say hello to when out in the garden or walking in the street. They seem all right. I can't find any fault. The area around the house was cordoned off. A forensic tent has been set up outside the front door.
"It's a quiet area. All the time I have lived here I have only had trouble once," said Ms Bunn. Detectives are currently trying to establish the circumstances of the incident, according to a police spokesman.
Another neighbour, who did not want to be named, thought the property may have had people placed there by the authorities.
'Establish circumstances'
The area around the house was cordoned off and serious crime officers were called to the scene.
Experts in forensic investigation visited the property in Dickens Avenue, with a forensic tent being set up outside the front door.
Detectives are currently trying to "establish the circumstances" of the incident, according to a spokesman.