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| Two children who died after being found unconscious in a flat in Manchester were strangled, tests have revealed. | Two children who died after being found unconscious in a flat in Manchester were strangled, tests have revealed. |
| Theo Molemohi, aged two, and his four-year-old sister Yolanda Molemohi were found by their mother at the flat in Whalley Range on Wednesday. | Theo Molemohi, aged two, and his four-year-old sister Yolanda Molemohi were found by their mother at the flat in Whalley Range on Wednesday. |
| The pair were taken to hospital where they died later. | The pair were taken to hospital where they died later. |
| Their father was arrested, but is in hospital after collapsing in police custody. He was separated from the children's mother. | Their father was arrested, but is in hospital after collapsing in police custody. He was separated from the children's mother. |
| Det Supt Geoff Wessell, of Greater Manchester Police (GMP), said the children had spent the weekend with their father. | Det Supt Geoff Wessell, of Greater Manchester Police (GMP), said the children had spent the weekend with their father. |
| 'Horrendous incident' | |
| The children's mother found Yolanda and Theo in a bedroom with their father when she went into the flat at Lansbury House in Whalley Road on Wednesday morning, police said. | The children's mother found Yolanda and Theo in a bedroom with their father when she went into the flat at Lansbury House in Whalley Road on Wednesday morning, police said. |
| Det Supt Geoff Wessell, of Greater Manchester Police (GMP), said: "This is a quite horrendous incident for the family and for the officers who attended. | Det Supt Geoff Wessell, of Greater Manchester Police (GMP), said: "This is a quite horrendous incident for the family and for the officers who attended. |
| "What I can say is that no other person is being sought in connection with this incident at this time." | "What I can say is that no other person is being sought in connection with this incident at this time." |
| Forensic examinations of the flat in Whalley Range are being carried out | |
| The detective said the couple, who moved to the UK from either South Africa or Zimbabwe in 2003, had some previous contact with agencies in the city. | The detective said the couple, who moved to the UK from either South Africa or Zimbabwe in 2003, had some previous contact with agencies in the city. |
| Cas Page, headteacher at Our Lady's RC Primary School, said four-year-old Yolanda was a "lovely, happy, bubbly little girl with such a wonderful smile who was loved by everyone in school". | Cas Page, headteacher at Our Lady's RC Primary School, said four-year-old Yolanda was a "lovely, happy, bubbly little girl with such a wonderful smile who was loved by everyone in school". |
| Neighbours spoke of their shock and described the children as "happy and well cared-for". | |
| Sophie Partington, 34, a resident of Lansbury House, said: "They were just a normal happy family, the kids were always playing out on the grass outside. | |
| "I'm shocked, I just can't believe it. I can't understand what's happened. The kids were lovely, cute little kids. He was finding his feet and she was starting school. | |
| "She was a lovely little girl with a brand new school uniform, she looked really smart, and I thought 'They must be really proud'." |