Police continue to quiz stabbing murder suspect after death of boy, four, at home

The youngster, a twin, is believed to have suffered stab wounds at his home in Harewood Road in the Oakworth area of Keighley on Sunday. He was taken by ambulance to Airedale General Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Officers were called to the property by the ambulance service at 4.40am after reports that a boy had died, and a murder investigation was launched by West Yorkshire Police’s Major Enquiry Team.

Armed police were deployed after reports that a suspect armed with a knife was hiding in a railway tunnel, and large parts of the area were cordoned off.

A man was arrested at 11.30am at an address in the Ingrow area of the town. He remained in custody last night and was being questioned by detectives.

Neighbours reported hearing raised voices and a woman screaming at about 3.30am, while another claimed to have seen the boy in a man’s arms. Others wept when they learned of the tragedy and began to lay tributes in the snow outside the house.

A post-mortem examination to establish how the boy died took place yesterday.

He is expected to be formally identified today.