Residents ‘deeply shocked’ after two women die in Christmas Day ‘stabbing’
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Residents have been left in shock after two women died and two others were seriously injured in a suspected stabbing in Milton Keynes on Christmas Day. A 49-year-old man from the Buckinghamshire city was arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder and is in custody, Thames Valley Police said.
Officers were called to a block of apartments in Santa Cruz Avenue, Bletchley, at about 6.30pm on Wednesday. The women, aged 38 and 24, died at the scene. A teenage boy and a man in his late 20s were taken to hospital with serious injuries where they are both in a stable condition, police said.
A dog also injured in the incident was taken to a vet but did not survive. Shazna Muzammil, a Conservative councillor on Milton Keynes City Council, said in a statement on X: “This is horrible on Christmas Day and we are deeply shocked and saddened by the tragic events in Bletchley.
“Our thoughts are with the families, friends, and neighbours of the two women who have tragically lost their lives.”. Ms Muzammil said those involved in the incident were known to each other. A cordon was in place at the scene throughout Thursday and a forensics team entered and walked up the stairs of a block of flats.
Later, the team took photographs in a room on the top floor of the flat and of sections of road outside. Numbered yellow evidence markers and first aid kits were on the road and pavement outside, and on the boot of a car parked in adjoining Trinidad Grove.
