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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Shanti Das

Norfolk police refers itself to IOPC over 999 call from home where bodies found

An officer stands behind police tape cordoning off a house with a white tent outside the entrance
Police outside the house in Costessey near Norwich. Photograph: Martin Pope/Getty Images

Police failed to attend a 999 call made from a house where four people, including two young children, were subsequently found dead.

Norfolk police said it was contacted by a man at the address at about 6am on Friday but no officers were deployed.

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