Four arrests after man fatally stabbed

Two police officers standing behind police tape in Fonteyn Court. The tape is around an alley between two rows of houses. To the left, flowers and a balloon have been have been left next to a fence. A police car and a police van are in the foreground to the right.

Police have set up crime scenes in Fonteyn Court

Jonny Manning
BBC News, North East and Cumbria

Four people have been arrested after a man was fatally stabbed.

The attack is believed to have happened shortly after midnight at a property in Fonteyn Court, Hemlington, Middlesbrough, and the 28-year-old died at the scene.

Cleveland Police has now arrested two men, aged 27 and 43, on suspicion of murder.

Another man, 38, and a 19-year-old woman are being held on suspicion of assisting an offender.

Officers have been reviewing CCTV footage and carrying out house to house inquiries.

Senior Investigating Officer Matt Hollingsworth said: "A lot of work has taken place behind the scenes in a bid to identify and then arrest those we believe to be involved in the murder.

"This will continue, and I would encourage anyone who has information and not yet spoken to police to get in touch."

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