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| Two people found dead in home in Canterbury | Two people found dead in home in Canterbury |
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| Two people have been found dead after an altercation at a home in Kent, police said. | Two people have been found dead after an altercation at a home in Kent, police said. |
| A further two people are receiving treatment for injuries in hospital and a man has been taken into custody after police were called to a residential property on Dickens Avenue, Canterbury, at 7.39pm on Tuesday. | A further two people are receiving treatment for injuries in hospital and a man has been taken into custody after police were called to a residential property on Dickens Avenue, Canterbury, at 7.39pm on Tuesday. |
| One unconfirmed report circulating on social media claimed that the victims were stabbed. Pictures showed a cordon around the scene and forensic investigators wearing white overalls. | |
| A Kent police spokesman said he was unable to comment on the claim. | |
| CANTERBURY update: Two people are said to have died in a stabbing at Dickens Avenue. https://t.co/O3tisZUPRz pic.twitter.com/IWbTyL5I2W | |
| Officers from the Kent and Essex serious crime directorate are investigating how the victims died and are searching the scene. | Officers from the Kent and Essex serious crime directorate are investigating how the victims died and are searching the scene. |
| A police spokeswoman said they believed the victims and the arrested man knew each other. | |
| The property housed people on a temporary basis, neighbours said. One, who declined to be named, said she believed tenants were placed there by the authorities. | |
| “I just saw flashing lights last night,” she said. “My partner told me there was a tent in the garden where presumably they are doing forensics.” | |
| Charlotte Bunn, 83, who lives opposite, said: “I think the people who stay there live there for maybe one or two years then move on. | |
| Police are yet to identify the dead and are in the process of informing the next of kin. | Police are yet to identify the dead and are in the process of informing the next of kin. |