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| Hamstead house fire: Children named as brother and sister | Hamstead house fire: Children named as brother and sister |
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| Two children who died after a "suspicious" house fire were brother and sister, police have said. | Two children who died after a "suspicious" house fire were brother and sister, police have said. |
| The pair - discovered at a property in Hamstead near Birmingham on Friday - have been named as Saros Endris, eight, and his sister Leanor Endris, six. | The pair - discovered at a property in Hamstead near Birmingham on Friday - have been named as Saros Endris, eight, and his sister Leanor Endris, six. |
| A post-mortem examination has been carried out but further tests are needed to establish the cause of death. | A post-mortem examination has been carried out but further tests are needed to establish the cause of death. |
| A man believed by police to be the siblings' father was found with serious injuries in a car about 40 miles away. | A man believed by police to be the siblings' father was found with serious injuries in a car about 40 miles away. |
| He remains in a critical condition after his rescue from the fire-damaged vehicle in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, on Friday. | |
| Police said they were not looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths of the children, found by firefighters when they tackled what they described as a small fire in the hallway of the property. | |
| Their mother, who was uninjured, has been named as Penil Teklehaimamot, 36. |