Two women killed in separate attacks in Redcar

• 24 March 2016
 
• From the sectionTees

Image captionPolice officers remain at the scene at Mapleton Crescent

Two women have been killed in separate attacks on Teesside.

Police said the first woman was found seriously injured at a house in Mapleton Crescent in Redcar at about 20:45 GMT on Wednesday.

A short time later officers received reports that a second woman was being attacked in nearby Byland Close.

Both women subsequently died, a Cleveland Police spokesman said. A 34-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of two counts of murder.

Both scenes, which are about half a mile apart, have been cordoned off and officers remain at the scene.