Met Police confirm four family members - including 2 children - found dead in London flat

Four people - two children, aged 11 and three, and a man and a woman in their 30s - have been found dead in a flat in Hounslow, the Metropolitan Police has said. All four, who were found at the property in Staines Road, Bedfont, are thought to be related.

Met Police said they were called at just after 3pm on Friday (June 16), to concerns over occupants of the house and found the bodies after forcing their way in, in what they described as a “terrible incident”.

Chief Superintendent Sean Wilson, local policing commander in west London, said: “Our investigation is at a very early stage, and based on our initial enquiries, we are not currently seeking anybody else in connection with the incident.