The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has issued a statement saying the "thoughts of everyone at the BHA" are with the BBC horseracing commentator John Hunt, following the death of his wife and two daughters.

Julie Harrington, the chief executive of the BHA, added: "It is impossible to comprehend the horror that has been inflicted upon [John and the family] by this dreadful event.

"I am sure that, in this time of unimaginable grief for him, the racing family will rally around as we have seen many times before when one of our number is faced with great trauma."

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Tributes to the Hunt family and expressions of support from sports personalities and broadcasters have been appearing on social media.

After last night's England victory in Euro24, the former England footballer Michael Owen posted on social media: "And while the country celebrate, spare a thought for John Hunt. I can't remember feeling so utterly horrified in years."

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A suspect wanted over the crossbow attack which left three women dead remains in hospital this morning.

Kyle Clifford, 26, was found injured near Lavender Hill Cemetery in Enfield, north London.

The victims, who were the wife and two daughters of BBC racing commentator John Hunt, were attacked at their home in Bushey, Hertfordshire.

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We will continue to bring you live coverage of this story throughout the day on Thursday.

Tributes have been coming in overnight for the three victims of the Bushey killings.

Kyle Clifford, the man suspected of the killings, remains in hospital.

We'll soon be closing our coverage, but before we go, here's a reminder of how the day unfolded:

• A manhunt has been under way throughout the day for Kyle Clifford, 26, after three women were killed in a crossbow attack at home in Ashlyn Close
• The victims were the wife and two daughters of BBC commentator John Hunt
• Just before 18:30, Police confirmed they found Mr Clifford following a major operation that involved specialist search teams and armed officers. No shots were fired by police, the force says
• Mr Clifford, 26, from Enfield in north London, is receiving medical treatment having been found with injuries
• The force said it believes Mr Clifford was known to the victims
• Dept Insp Justine Jenkins said no one else is being sought in relation to the investigation and asked that the privacy of the victims' family is respected
• In a press conference before Mr Clifford was located, Ch Supt Jon Simpson from Hertfordshire Police told reporters the murders are believed to be "targeted"

Thank you for joining us. If you would like to continue reading about this story, you can find more of our coverage here.

A professional operation by Hertfordshire Policepublished at 18:57 British Summer Time 10 July

18:57 BST 10 July

Lucy Manning
Special correspondent

This was a very professional operation by Hertfordshire Police. They had searched for Kyle Clifford overnight and put out a public appeal this morning.

By this afternoon there was intense police activity at Lavender Hill Cemetery in Enfield with armed police and ambulances.

At 18:20 they were able to confirm the suspect had been captured without any shots being fired by police, although the suspect did have some injuries.

The police statement also made the point that the Hunt family felt great upset that their relatives were named by the media before they had been formally identified.

It must be the most difficult time for the family with the media, including the BBC, reporting in real time.

It can’t be easy to deal with when they are having to cope with such a personal tragedy.

Lucy Manning
Special correspondent

A man wanted in connection with a triple murder in Bushey has been traced to a location in North London.

Following an extensive search, Kyle Clifford, 26, was found in the Enfield area by officers this afternoon.

He is receiving medical treatment having been found with injuries. No shots were fired by police, the Hertfordshire force said.

At this stage, it is believed the suspect was known to the victims.

Det Insp Justine Jenkins, from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit, said: "This continues to be an incredibly difficult time for the victims’ family and we would ask that their privacy is respected as they come to terms with what has happened.

She says the investigation "is moving at pace" and police have yet to formally identify the victims.

“Following extensive inquiries, the suspect has been located and nobody else is being sought in connection with the investigation at this time," she adds.

Herts Police issued a statement which said: "Following an extensive search, Kyle Clifford, aged 26, was found in the Enfield area by officers this afternoon.

"He is receiving medical treatment having been found with injuries. No shots were fired by police."

Police searching for Kyle Clifford following the triple killing in Bushey say they have located a man in Enfield in north London.

Luxmy Gopal
Reporting from Enfield

I'm on the scene at Lavender Hill Cemetery.

The lane behind me, Cooks Hole Road, runs alongside the cemetery and Hilly Fields park, which also one of the areas that the search has been focused on.

The air is thick with the sound of helicopters, including the BBC one that has shot the attached footage.

There have been a large number of emergency vehicles going up and down this road just to the right of me - there are a couple of fire engines as well. We have been prevented from going any further down that road there.

This is in the north Enfield area - and I've spoken to many people who live around here who say this has been a really stressful time for them because they've just been dealing with that uncertainty [...] knowing that the police have not been able to catch the suspect yet.

Helena Wilkinson
Reporting from Bushey

Four women who looked visibly upset have left flowers near the scene in Bushey.

The women carefully placed the colourful bouquets on the ground before stepping back for a few moments of quiet contemplation.

Other flowers have been left here too.

One of the cards reads: "I wish none of this happened as real. I wish I could hug you all, tell you how much you meant to me..."

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Armed police officers and ambulance staff arrived in numbers at a cemetery close to where a house was searched in Enfield.

The Lavender Hill Cemetery, on Cedar Road, has been closed off and an air ambulance was seen nearby.

The cemetery is on the very northern edge of the capital, where fields separate housing from the M25 motorway.

Luxmy Gopal
Reporting from Enfield

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Residents have said police visited a home near Lavender Hill in Enfield earlier.

They believe it was to question a woman connected with Kyle Clifford - the named suspect police have been searching for.

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Footage being shared on social media is believed to show emergency services rushing towards a cemetery in the Hilly Fields area of Enfield, north London, as the manhunt for Kyle Clifford continues.

Armed police officers have been spotted in the area with Hertfordshire Police saying they were unable to confirm whether they had narrowed their search for the triple murder suspect to the area.

People in Bushey have been invited to pray and light candles at two churches.

Doors are open at the Parish Church of St James on the High Street, and at St Paul's on Bushey Hall Road.

The Parish of Bushey said in a Facebook post, external: "We also remember the perpetrator who committed this act, that he may come forward to the police."

Luxmy Gopal
Reporting from Enfield

Jacqueline Ball, who lives near Rendlesham Road in Enfield, said the schools in the area were put into "lockdown" to keep the children safely indoors.

Some parents say they were given specific, staggered times to pick up their children.

She says it’s a close-knit neighbourhood, and the community has found it scary and “stressful” knowing police still haven’t caught the suspect.

One school has described it as a "lighter lockdown".

Earlier we reported the home secretary is looking at tightening up the laws on crossbows and it had already been on the previous government's radar.

According to the Home Office, there were fewer than 10 killings involving the ancient bolt-firing devices between 2011 and 2021, but the department said it was "clear that when used as a weapon, crossbows do pose a risk".

Former safeguarding minister Laura Farris said crossbows were "used rarely in violent crime in this country but they can be highly dangerous".

In January last year, a domestic homicide review found the Metropolitan Police missed opportunities to protect Sana Muhammad from her ex-husband in the years before he killed her with a crossbow in east London.

The 35-year-old was eight months pregnant when former nurse Ramanodge Unmathallegadoo, then 51, burst into her home in Ilford and fired an arrow into her stomach in 2018.

Her unborn son - who was delivered by Caesarean section - miraculously survived.

Unmathallegadoo was found guilty of murder and handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 33 years in 2019.

Former Conservative Home Secretary Priti Patel ordered the review of crossbow rules after would-be assassin Jaswant Singh Chail was encouraged by an AI chatbot to break into Windsor Castle on Christmas Day 2021 with a loaded crossbow to kill the late Queen.

He was jailed for nine years for treason in 2023.

Nicky Schiller
Reporting from Bushey

I'm at the scene in Bushey and in the past hour we've seen some flowers laid at the start of Ashlyn Close.

One woman was in tears and clearly very upset at the news of the murders.

There are a lot of media reporters here and understandably she didn't want to talk to us.

During the afternoon we've seen police knocking on doors asking if anyone saw or heard anything yesterday evening.

One of the local councillors told me this is a very quiet residential area and the murders will have a huge impact on the locals - not just in the days to come, but long into the future.

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The two other victims who died after a suspected crossbow attack in Bushey are Hannah Hunt, 28, and Louise Hunt, 25.

The sisters were killed along with their mother Carol Hunt, 61, who is the wife of BBC racing commentator John Hunt.

The couple also have a third daughter.

Image source, Hannah Hunt

Naresh Puri
Reporting from Enfield

A neighbour on Rendlesham Road in Enfield in north London has described the moment armed police surrounded a property which she said was owned by a member of Kyle Clifford’s family.

"It was around 10 in the morning and I had just done the school run and I looked out of my window and saw around six armed police officers and a police dog," said the woman.

She went on to say how a woman was led out of the property. However, she was not handcuffed and was chatting to police officers.