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Two arrests in stabbing murder investigation

Cash MurphySouth East
News imageOliver Whitfield Miocic/BBC A picture of a crime officer from Kent Police inside the property on Knightrider Street, Maidstone. A person is white clothing can be seen inside the property through the window.Oliver Whitfield Miocic/BBC
Kent Police officers were called to Knightrider Street in Maidstone on Monday

Two people have been arrested after a man was stabbed to death on Monday night.

Officers were called to reports of an assault at a property in Knightrider Street, Maidstone, at about 22:20 BST, Kent Police said.

A man in his 40s was found with injuries consistent with a stab wound and died whilst being treated by paramedics at the scene, a police spokesperson said.

The man, 26, and woman, 22, were arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder, the force said.

The deceased man's next of kin has been informed, Kent Police said.

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