Two children dead after Ilford stabbing incident

A one-year-old girl and a three-year-old boy have been stabbed to death at a property in east London, the Metropolitan Police has said.

Police were called at about 5.30pm on Sunday to reports of a man and two children injured at a home in Aldborough Road North, Ilford.

Both children died of their injuries while a 40-year-old man was taken to hospital for treatment.

Police said all three were known to each other, and are treating the incident as murder.