Teen arrested after woman and child found dead in Ipswich

Police were called to a home in the Suffolk town yesterday afternoon

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A 17-year-old boy has been arrested and taken into custody following the deaths of a woman and a child in Ipswich.

Suffolk Police said officers were called to a home in the town at around 5pm on Wednesday after the woman’s body was discovered by medical crews. A “young” child found at the property was treated by paramedics but died at the scene, The Daily Telegraph reports.

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