Two children dead and four in hospital following 'serious incident' in Sheffield
Two teenage boys have died and a couple have been arrested following a ‘serious incident’ at a house in Sheffield.
Police responded to ‘reports of concerns for safety’ at a home in Gregg House Road in Shiregreen at around 7:30am on Friday morning.
The boys, aged 13 and 14, were taken to the Sheffield Children's Hospital by air ambulance - along with four other children - but tragically died.
The other four children - aged between seven and 11 months - are still in hospital but are conscious.
Police say it is too early to comment on the nature of their injuries.
A man, 37, and a 34-year-old woman have been arrested on suspicion of murder.
The house is said to be located around 100 metres from Hartley Brook Primary Academy, where local air ambulance landed.
A cordon was lifted in the afternoon, but police investigations are still ongoing.
A cause of death is yet to be established, with a postmortem due to be carried later on Friday.
South Yorkshire Police said of the ongoing incident: ‘Police were called at around 7.30am today to reports of concerns for safety at a property on Gregg House Road, Shiregreen.
“Yorkshire Ambulance Service and Yorkshire Air Ambulance have attended and transported six children to hospital.
“Two people are under arrest.
“There will be a significant police presence at the scene throughout the day as officers continue enquiries.
“This incident is ongoing and further updates will be provided in due course.”
Detective Chief Inspector Simon Palmer asked people to refrain from posting on social media while investigations continued.
Mr Palmer said: “I appreciate the events of this morning have caused concern locally but I'd like to reassure you that there is no wider risk to the community.
“To allow the investigation to progress, I would please ask that people are mindful of what they are posting on social media and the potential distress this may cause.”
Anyone with information is asked to call 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111 quoting incident number 122 of 24 May 2019.
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