Summary

  • Bedfordshire Police have arrested an 18-year-old man on suspicion of murder as part of a triple murder investigation in Luton

  • Three people were pronounced dead at the scene after officers were called to a 15-storey tower block in the Marsh Farm area at about 05:30

  • Assistant Chief Constable John Murphy says a weapon has been recovered, and the force is not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident

  • No details of the victims will be released until next-of-kin have been informed, he says

Live Reporting

Written by Danny Fullbrook; edited by Andrew Woodger

  1. Flat residents scared and shocked

    Nicola Haseler
    BBC News, Bedfordshire

    The entrance of Leabank, a pavement leads towards a wooden brown entrance. The building, covered in in blue cladding, is seen above it. The words "LEABANK" are written above the door.Nicola Haseler/BBC

    There is a large police presence here - I must have seen 20 police vehicles in total.

    About 25 officers have just entered the block where others had already previously gone in.

    Police seem to have blocked off most entrances to the block of flats.

    There are 14 floors of flats in this building and the residents I have spoken to have said they are scared and their children are scared.

    They told me "Marsh Farm has changed a lot recently" and this is quite shocking as according to them it has become a safe place to live.

    The estate was hit by riots in the 1990s, and has undergone a lot of regeneration work in recent years.

  2. Armed police on the scene

    An armed officer is walking on the pavement alongside a field. A Police Scientific Services Unit van is nearbyNicola Haseler/BBC

    Armed police wearing balaclavas are at the scene at an open green space near Leabank.

    The BBC has also seen people in forensic white suits in the same field.

  3. Concern for occupants in tower block

    A tall blue tower block on a clear day. Green trees sit at the foot of it.Nicola Haseler/BBC

    Bedfordshire Police say the incident is at a tower block called Leabank on Wauluds Bank Drive in the Marsh Farm area of Luton.

    Officers were called at 05:30 to investigate following "concern for occupants in one of the flats".

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    A police car parked on the grass verge at the side of a road in LutonNicola Haseler/BBC

    Bedfordshire Police are at the scene of a "serious incident" at a block of flats in Luton.

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