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Woman arrested after children's deaths at Stoke-on-Trent home Stoke-on-Trent: Murder arrest as children, 11 and 7, die at home
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The children were found fatally injured at an address on Flax StreetThe children were found fatally injured at an address on Flax Street
A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the deaths of two children at a home in Stoke-on-Trent. A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after two children died at a home in Stoke-on-Trent.
The boy, 11 and girl, 7, were found unresponsive at an address on Sunday and died at the scene. The boy, 11 and girl, seven, were found injured and died at the scene.
A man in his 40s has been taken to hospital for treatment, but his injuries are not thought to be life-threatening. Police discovered the children when they visited the house after first being called to the stabbing of a man at a car wash nearby.
A local woman, 49, has been arrested and remains in custody, police say. A woman, 49, known to the children, was arrested in connection with the stabbing and then on suspicion of murder.
Staffordshire Police said officers were initially called to a car wash on nearby Campbell Street after reports of an attack involving a man and a woman. The children were found at an address on Flax Street on Sunday afternoon, after a call-out to the car wash on Campbell Road at about 14:00 BST.
Officers then visited the home on Flax Street where they found the children. The stabbed man, in his 40s, was treated in hospital, but has since been discharged.
The force has referred itself to the police watchdog, the Independent Office for Police Conduct due to the force's recent contact. Staffordshire Police has referred itself to the police watchdog, the Independent Office for Police Conduct due to the force's recent contact.
Det Ch Insp Cheryl Hannan said: "The woman arrested is known to the children. We don't believe there to be any wider threat to the public at this time. Det Ch Insp Cheryl Hannan said: "We don't believe there to be any wider threat to the public at this time.
"Our focus remains on finding out more about what happened yesterday and supporting the family at this deeply distressing and tragic time.""Our focus remains on finding out more about what happened yesterday and supporting the family at this deeply distressing and tragic time."
The children's family have been informed and are being supported by specially trained officers, the force said.
Detectives are appealing for witnesses and anyone with CCTV or dashcam footage from the area of Flax Street and Campbell Road between 13:30 BST and 14:30 on Sunday to come forward.
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