A police cordon surrounds the scene of the Coventry stabbing

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A West Midlands Police spokesman said: “Officers are investigating a stabbing which occurred at around 3.15am this morning in Coventry.

“Ambulance colleagues alerted police to a woman, thought to be in her 30s, found with a stab wound to her abdomen at St Margaret’s Church on Walgrave Road.

“She was taken to hospital with serious injuries, where she remains in a critical condition.

“Part of the church remains closed this morning while forensic examinations continue.”