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Woman arrested after death of children detained under Mental Health Act
The woman related to the victims was detained under the Mental Health Act following police and medical assessments after two children were found with fatal injuries, police said.
- On Sunday, Staffordshire Police arrested a 43-year-old woman from Stafford on suspicion of murder after two children, Meraj Ul Zahra, two, and Abdul Momin Alfaateh, three, were found dead at a Corporation Street home and detained her under the Mental Health Act.
- West Midlands Ambulance Service attended shortly before 07:30 BST on Sunday and called police to Corporation Street, Stafford, where forensic officers examined the property and a cordon remained in place.
- The case was referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct as routine, and Staffordshire Police confirmed the woman detained is related to the victims.
- Neighbours laid flowers at the cordon, with Ben Lowe adding two bouquets on Monday, while residents described the street as a "very family-orientated area" left sombre by the deaths and Leigh Ingham, MP for Stafford, called the news absolutely heartbreaking.
- Staffordshire Police urged anyone with information to contact 101 or Live Chat quoting incident number 147 of 12 October, with Det Insp Kirsty Oldfield saying, `We are working hard to understand more about what happened leading up to these two children tragically losing their lives`.
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Woman held over deaths of two young children detained under mental health laws
Meraj Ul Zahra, aged two, and Abdul Momin Alfaateh, aged three, were pronounced dead at a house in Stafford on Sunday morning.
·Great Malvern, United Kingdom
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Mental health detention over children’s deaths in Stafford
David Lumbin Stafford and Alex McIntyreWest Midlands Police arrested a 43-year-old woman on suspicion of murder after two children died in Stafford A woman who was arrested on suspicion of murdering two children, aged two and three, has been detained under the Mental Health Act. Meraj Ul Zahra, two, and Abdul Momin Alfaateh, three, died after they were found injured and unresponsive at a home on Corporation Street at about 07:30 BST on Sunday.…
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