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Wolverhampton stabbing leaves two people dead Wolverhampton stabbing leaves two people dead
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Two people have died and a woman has been critically injured in a stabbing in Wolverhampton.Two people have died and a woman has been critically injured in a stabbing in Wolverhampton.
Police said it was believed a man attacked two women before inflicting stab injuries on himself.Police said it was believed a man attacked two women before inflicting stab injuries on himself.
The attack happened in a block of flats in Leasowes Drive, in the Penn area of the city, at about 09:45 GMT.The attack happened in a block of flats in Leasowes Drive, in the Penn area of the city, at about 09:45 GMT.
A woman and the male suspect, both believed to be in their 30s, died at the scene, West Midlands Police confirmed.A woman and the male suspect, both believed to be in their 30s, died at the scene, West Midlands Police confirmed.
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Officers said the stabbing was a domestic-related incident.Officers said the stabbing was a domestic-related incident.
Stun grenades were used as officers stormed the flat in a bid to distract and detain the knifeman, West Midlands Police said.Stun grenades were used as officers stormed the flat in a bid to distract and detain the knifeman, West Midlands Police said.
They said the other woman, believed to be in her 50s, had been taken to hospital with critical stomach wounds while a police officer was treated for a minor arm injury and has been discharged.They said the other woman, believed to be in her 50s, had been taken to hospital with critical stomach wounds while a police officer was treated for a minor arm injury and has been discharged.
'Paramilitary-style'
West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman Murray MacGregor said: "A man and woman estimated to be in their 30s had suffered very serious stab wounds.West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman Murray MacGregor said: "A man and woman estimated to be in their 30s had suffered very serious stab wounds.
"They were confirmed dead at [the] scene."They were confirmed dead at [the] scene.
"Another woman was taken on blue lights to the major trauma centre at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham with potentially life-threatening stab wounds.""Another woman was taken on blue lights to the major trauma centre at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham with potentially life-threatening stab wounds."
Armed officers could be seen outside the Highfield Court block of flats.
Mick Brice, a taxi driver, was near the scene when he said he saw "12 or 14 police cars".
He said he saw police "shuttling" ambulance staff into the block of flats.
A "paramilitary-style" police vehicle came "screaming down the road" and on to the scene, Mr Brice said, before he saw two officers take something out of the back and enter the flats.
Resident Kerry Siau was feeding her daughter when she noticed the whirring of helicopter blades from behind the blinds that were down on her windows.
The nurse said when she looked outside three air ambulances had landed on Warstones Green between the football goalposts.
She said: "It's really quiet here normally. We moved here three-and-a-half years ago and I've never seen anything like this."