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A heartbroken father watched as police escorted his surviving child to safety, following the tragic stabbing of his two other children at a home in Stafford.
Staffordshire Police were called to a residence on Corporation Street around 7.30am on Sunday. The two victims, now identified as Meraj Ul Zahra, aged two, and Abdul Momin Alfaateh, three, were discovered unresponsive with injuries inside.
Despite the best efforts of medical personnel, they were declared dead at the scene. A third child, believed to be a boy, was found alive at the scene. Neighbours reported that his father was too "distraught" to carry him to the police car.
The force has since confirmed that a 43 year old woman from the Stafford area has been arrested on suspicion of murder and re