Three arrested in murder inquiry over teen's death

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The body of a 19-year-old man was discovered in a block of flats in Mile Cross, Norwich

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Police investigating the suspected murder of a teenager found stabbed in a flat have made three further arrests.

The body of a 19-year-old man from London was found inside a block of flats on Lefroy Road in the Mile Cross area of Norwich on Saturday.

Overnight on Wednesday, a man in his 20s was arrested on suspicion of murder and supplying controlled drugs, and another in his late teens on suspicion of conspiracy to murder.

A man his 50s was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder in the Norwich area on Thursday morning, police said.

A man and woman in their 50s were arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of conspiracy to murder, with all five people being questioned, police added.

A post-mortem examination found the man's body was believed to have been in the ground floor flat for eight days.

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