LONDON (AP) — Three folks have been discovered lifeless within the English metropolis of Nottingham, and three others have been hit and injured by a van in linked early-morning incidents on Tuesday, police mentioned.

A 31-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of homicide, Nottinghamshire Police mentioned.

“This is an horrific and tragic incident which has claimed the lives of three people,” mentioned Chief Constable Kate Meynell.

She mentioned two folks have been discovered lifeless in a single road simply after 4 a.m. and a 3rd in a unique road, individually from the van incident. The three injured folks have been being handled in a hospital. There was no quick phrase on their situation.

Police gave no quick indication of a doable motive.

“We believe these three incidents are all linked and we have a man in custody,” Meynell mentioned. “This investigation is at its early stages and a team of detectives is working to establish exactly what has happened.”

The replace got here after emergency providers flooded central Nottingham in what police known as an “ongoing serious incident” within the central English metropolis.

Images on social media confirmed police standing close to cordons at a number of areas within the metropolis middle.

The metropolis’s tram community mentioned it had suspended all providers.

Nottingham is a metropolis of about 350,000 some 120 miles (190 kilometers) north of London.

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