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A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after two women died in Redcar.

Police received a report that a woman had been seriously injured at 8.45pm last night at an address on Mapleton Crescent.

At 8.52pm, a second report was received from a member of the public reporting that a woman was being violently assaulted on nearby Byland Close, behind the Redcar Primary Care Hospital.

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Live updates: Man arrested on suspicion of murder after death of two women in Redcar

A Cleveland Police spokeswoman said: "Both women had suffered serious injuries and sadly both have died.

"A 34-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of two counts of murder a short time after the incidents. The man is currently in police custody.

Witnesses have described seeing a large number of armed response officers in the Lakes Estate area.

Any witnesses or anyone with information regarding the incidents is asked to contact police Cleveland Police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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One man who drove past the scene on Byland Close last night said: “I saw the police and ambulance arriving, I would say maybe about five police cars.

“Two vans flew past me in a real hurry, tyres screeching the lot, one of the vans stopped in the middle of the road blocking me.

“The ambulance wasn’t long behind them and pulled up on the grass in the Close in between all the houses where cars obviously can’t go.

“I drove back past a while later it was taped off with armed response 4x4s there.”