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| Briton held in France over deaths of two children | |
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| A British man has been arrested in France in connection with the deaths of his two children, according to French media reports. | |
| The bodies of the children, aged five and 10, were discovered on Saturday afternoon in a flat in Saint-Priest, a suburb of Lyon, AFP news agency said. | The bodies of the children, aged five and 10, were discovered on Saturday afternoon in a flat in Saint-Priest, a suburb of Lyon, AFP news agency said. |
| Both had reportedly been killed with a knife. Prosecutors in France say the man has confessed, AFP said. | |
| The Foreign Office said it understood a British national had been arrested. | |
| Media reports said the children's mother had left them with their father, apparently for the first time since their divorce a couple of years ago, said BBC correspondent Hugh Schofield. | Media reports said the children's mother had left them with their father, apparently for the first time since their divorce a couple of years ago, said BBC correspondent Hugh Schofield. |
| Witnesses said that the mother passed him on the stairs and his clothes were covered in blood, our correspondent said. | |
| She is reported to have raised the alarm. | |
| The unnamed man fled but was arrested later in the evening in the centre of Lyon, he added. | The unnamed man fled but was arrested later in the evening in the centre of Lyon, he added. |
| A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are in touch with the French authorities and await the outcome of their investigation. We stand ready to provide consular assistance." |