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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. | |
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. | |
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. | |
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. | |
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. | |
"Another woman was taken on blue lights to the major trauma centre at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham with potentially life-threatening stab wounds." |