A 43-year-old girl was arrested on suspicion of homicide
A lady and a boy who died in a home in Stafford have been named by Staffordshire Police. Meraj Ul Zahra, aged two, and Abdul Momin Alfaateh, three, had been each discovered unresponsive with accidents inside a house in Company Road on Sunday morning, police mentioned.
They each died on the scene. Their subsequent of kin have been knowledgeable and are being supported by specifically educated officers. A 43-year-old girl, from the Stafford space, who was arrested on suspicion of homicide on Sunday, stays in custody whereas inquiries proceed.
A police cordon additionally stays in place in Company Road. The incident has been referred to the Unbiased Workplace for Police Conduct (IOPC) as is routine following earlier police contact, Staffordshire Police mentioned.
An IOPC spokesperson mentioned: “We had been notified by Staffordshire Police of the dying of two kids in Stafford on Sunday 12 October the place there was latest police contact previous to their dying. We perceive a referral is being made by the power, which as soon as obtained, we are going to assess earlier than deciding whether or not additional motion could also be required by us.”
Two ambulances and two paramedic officers had been despatched to the scene, West Midlands Ambulance Service mentioned. A spokesman mentioned: “On arrival of ambulance workers we found two sufferers, each kids. Sadly, it shortly turned obvious nothing may very well be executed to save lots of them they usually had been confirmed lifeless on the scene.”
Luke Browne, who lives on the street, mentioned he noticed a forensics van and a police automotive parked up as he left for work on Sunday morning. The 61-year-old e book store proprietor mentioned: “It’s very unhappy. Youngsters dying is a horror.
“It’s fairly painful to listen to it.”
Anybody with any data that might assist with the investigation is requested to contact police on 101, or by way of the reside chat facility on the police web site, quoting incident quantity 147 of October 12.
To report data anonymously, Crimestoppers could be contacted on 0800 555 111.
