A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after officers found two young children stabbed to death at a house in Bradford.

West Yorkshire police said they were called by paramedics to a block of flats in the Undercliffe area of the city at 11.28am after reports of an injured child.

“Officers found two young children with stab wounds,” a police statement said. “Both children received treatment at the scene but were pronounced dead a short time later.”



It added: “A 24-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder and inquiries are continuing. Police are not currently looking for anyone else in connection with this incident.”

A police spokesman said later: “Inquiries into this incident are at an early stage but it is being treated as an isolated matter. A postmortem examination will be taking place later and we are speaking with family members to establish the circumstances of what appears to be a very tragic case.”

The address concerned was reported to be in Mint Street, a cul-de-sac of homes in the north-east of the city. The children were reported to be girls aged one and three.

A spokeswoman for the Yorkshire ambulance service confirmed its staff had attended the incident.