A woman has been arrested after a two-year-old and a five-year-old boy were found dead at a home in Dagenham, east London, the Metropolitan police said.
A statement from the force said: “Emergency services were called at around 2pm on Friday 16 December, to the bodies of two young children found at a residential address in Cornwallis Road, Dagenham.
“Officers and London ambulance service attended the location. They found the bodies of a two-year-old boy and a five-year-old boy, who were both pronounced dead at the scene. Their family have been informed and will be supported by specialist officers.
“Postmortem examinations and formal identifications will be arranged in due course.
“A woman was arrested a short time later in connection with the incident. She was arrested after police were called to a disturbance at a residential address near to the scene.
“A man was also arrested near to the scene in connection with the incident.
“Both the man and woman remain in police custody.”
The statement added: “The arrested woman and man were known to both children.”
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