Two arrests in stabbing murder investigation

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.

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