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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Amy Walker

Murder inquiry after two people found dead in east London

Police at a property on Vandome Close in east London where two women have been found dead.
Police at a property on Vandome Close in east London where two women have been found dead. Photograph: Tom Pilgrim/PA

A murder investigation has been launched after two people were found dead at a property in east London.

The Metropolitan police were called at 11.45am on Friday to an address in Newham after concerns for the welfare of an occupant. Officers discovered two bodies, believed to be female, at the residence in Vandome Close, Canning Town.

DCS Richard Tucker said: “We have borough officers in the area supporting colleagues from the homicide and major crime command as they investigate the full circumstances.

“We would encourage anyone with information about what may have happened at this premises to contact police on 101, quoting CAD 4303/26APR.”

Formal identification of the bodies is being carried out and police are trying to trace the next of kin.

A crime scene remains in place and postmortems will be held in due course. No arrests have been made and police inquiries are continuing.

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