Luton stabbing: Boy, 16, dead and three teenagers arrested

The teenager who died has not yet been formally identified

Three teenage boys have been arrested on suspicion of murder after the fatal stabbing of a 16-year-old boy.

Bedfordshire Police were called to Nunnery Lane, Luton, on Friday at about 19:00 BST after reports three teenagers had been stabbed.

A 16-year-old boy was taken to hospital with multiple stab wounds and died shortly after, police said.

Another teenager is being treated at hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries.

Three teenagers were arrested on suspicion of murder and are being questioned

This follows a separate attack on Sundon Park Road in the town where two people were seriously injured and one arrested.

The Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit have launched a murder investigation, and believed both incidents, about a mile apart, were connected.

Det Insp Lee Martin reassured the community that "officers are pursuing all lines of inquiry as well as carrying out increased patrols in the area".

The attack on Nunnery Lane took place within hours of another stabbing incident on Sundon Park Road

A man visiting Nunnery Lane on Saturday, who wanted to remain anonymous, said: "It is terrible. He is just a boy. He was only 16."

Flowers have been left at the scene with one card reading: "Rest in eternal peace... Safe in the knowledge you are loved."

Another note read: "Gone but never forgotten."