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| Stourbridge stabbing: Man still being questioned | Stourbridge stabbing: Man still being questioned |
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| Police are continuing to question a man after a mother and her 13-year-old son were killed and the woman's husband seriously injured in a stabbing attack. | Police are continuing to question a man after a mother and her 13-year-old son were killed and the woman's husband seriously injured in a stabbing attack. |
| The family, named locally as Peter and Tracey Wilkinson and their son, Pierce, were found with knife wounds in Stourbridge on Thursday morning. | The family, named locally as Peter and Tracey Wilkinson and their son, Pierce, were found with knife wounds in Stourbridge on Thursday morning. |
| The suspect, in his 20s, has been arrested on suspicion of murder and wounding. | The suspect, in his 20s, has been arrested on suspicion of murder and wounding. |
| He is understood to be known to the victims, West Midlands Police said. | He is understood to be known to the victims, West Midlands Police said. |
| A Land Rover taken from the house was intercepted by police in Norton Road about 30 minutes after the attack. | A Land Rover taken from the house was intercepted by police in Norton Road about 30 minutes after the attack. |
| Police said they understood the suspect may have been living at the address, although he was not a family relative. | Police said they understood the suspect may have been living at the address, although he was not a family relative. |
| The 13-year-old boy and his mother were found in a house on Greyhound Lane, Norton, with critical stab wounds at about 08:00 BST. | The 13-year-old boy and his mother were found in a house on Greyhound Lane, Norton, with critical stab wounds at about 08:00 BST. |
| The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, while the teenager later died in hospital. | The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, while the teenager later died in hospital. |
| Police said post mortem examinations are expected to be carried out on the mother and son on Saturday. | |
| Mr Wilkinson, believed to be a company director for local firm Hill & Smith Ltd, was found in the garden of the house. | Mr Wilkinson, believed to be a company director for local firm Hill & Smith Ltd, was found in the garden of the house. |
| He remains in hospital in a critical but stable condition with stab wounds to his chest and back. | |
| Peter Wilson, BBC Midlands Today special correspondent, said he understood the couple also have an older daughter who is attending university. | Peter Wilson, BBC Midlands Today special correspondent, said he understood the couple also have an older daughter who is attending university. |
| Police are not looking for anyone else in connection with the attack. | Police are not looking for anyone else in connection with the attack. |
| A neighbour of the victims described seeing two people being carried from the house on stretchers into ambulances after the "horrifying" incident. | |
| Asked to describe the family, she said: "We just knew them as neighbours and asked how the kids were when we saw them in the street. | |
| "They were just really, really friendly, they had lived there about seven or eight years and what has happened is just desperately sad." | |
| A woman whose property backs on to the Wilkinsons' house told reporters she heard a man shouting in a neighbouring garden at about 08:00. | |
| "It was definitely a man but I couldn't hear what was said. At the time I thought it was a workman," she said. | |
| Among the floral tributes left at the scene was a bunch of flowers, left by a teenage boy, with a card which read: "RIP Pierce, you will never be forgotten." | |
| Another card said: "The most amazing family! So many memories that we will always treasure. Gone but never forgotten." |