Double stabbing suspect shot by armed police

A antheral suspected of a treble stabbing has been changeable by constabulary connected a thoroughfare successful Merseyside.

Officers were called to the Tobruk Road country of Huyton soon earlier 16:30 BST aft reports a antheral and a pistillate had been attacked, Merseyside Police said.

Armed officers arrived astatine the country and changeable the suspect, who was aboriginal taken to infirmary for treatment, the unit added.

The antheral and pistillate who were stabbed person besides been taken to infirmary and their information has been described arsenic superior but stable.

An probe is underway with forensics squad astatine scene, portion the roadworthy has been cordoned off.

The unit said it was an "isolated incident" adding it was not looking for anyone else.

Officers person been going house-to-house to marque enquiries and checking CCTV successful the area, a spokesperson for the unit said.

As is modular process successful these circumstances, the unit has informed the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), who volition commencement an autarkic investigation.

Det Supt Paul Speight said helium understands radical who unrecorded successful the country volition beryllium shocked by this incident.

"We are inactive successful the precise aboriginal stages of investigating and portion of our archetypal inquiries volition beryllium to found the afloat circumstances of what happened.

"In the meantime, I privation to reassure the nationalist that Merseyside Police is committed to keeping our communities harmless and we instrumentality each reports of incidents involving weapons highly seriously."

He added: "The IOPC volition present behaviour an autarkic probe and we volition beryllium co-operating afloat with their probe successful the coming days and weeks."