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| Police probe after bodies found | Police probe after bodies found |
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| A murder investigation is under way after two bodies were discovered in a flat in Newcastle's West End. | A murder investigation is under way after two bodies were discovered in a flat in Newcastle's West End. |
| Police said the victims were found at about 1630 BST on Saturday in an upstairs flat in Croydon Road. | Police said the victims were found at about 1630 BST on Saturday in an upstairs flat in Croydon Road. |
| Northumbria police said enquiries were at an early stage, and the ages and sexes of the victims were not released. | Northumbria police said enquiries were at an early stage, and the ages and sexes of the victims were not released. |
| A police spokesman said officers and pathologists were working to determine how the pair died, and were speaking to local residents. | A police spokesman said officers and pathologists were working to determine how the pair died, and were speaking to local residents. |
| Forensic scientists were at the scene as a silver hatchback was loaded on to a covered police lorry. | |
| Extra police patrols have been put on duty to reassure residents in the West End and officers plan to speak with local community leaders. |