A summary of today's developments
A man wanted in connection with a triple murder in a suspected crossbow attack was found in a North London cemetery on Wednesday with injuries after a major police manhunt.
Kyle Clifford, 26, who is understood to have served in the British army for about a year, was detained and taken to hospital after being found by officers in Enfield. Hertfordshire police said Clifford was receiving medical treatment, adding that no shots were fired.
Clifford was named as a suspect by Hertfordshire police after the deaths of Carol Hunt, 61, and her two daughters, Hannah, 28, and Louise, 25, at a property in Bushey, Hertfordshire, on Tuesday evening. They are the wife and daughters of BBC Racing radio commentator John Hunt.
At this stage, police believe the suspect was known to the victims and no one else is being sought in connection with the investigation. Ch Supt Jon Simpson from Hertfordshire police told reporters the suspected murders were believed to be “targeted”.
Tributes have been paid to three women killed in an “utterly devastating” crossbow attack. Su Kehinde, 60, who lives nearby, said: “They were the loveliest, gentlest family. They were the meekest human beings. They did not deserve this. “They were beautiful souls.”
Pupils at schools including St Michael’s Primary School in Enfield were kept inside as a precaution during the manhunt on Wednesday afternoon.
A friend of Louise Hunt said she was “always a positive person” and he could not think of “anything bad to say about her”.
He told BBC News: “I knew Louise back from school days and she was really sweet, very kind, always a positive person.
“I can’t think of anything bad to say about her – a really lovely person all round, a super hardworking person.
“It’s been a massive shock.”
