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As well as at least eight police cars, an ambulance and a rapid response vehicle, an air ambulance was also called to the scene at 7.50pm and landed on nearby playing fields.
The tent at the scene of a fatal stabbing, which saw three other people injured, at Primrose Crescent in Thorpe St Andrew.
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The helicopter, which flew from Cambridge to attend the incident, later returned to base.
Around a dozen officers and several police vehicles, including a canine unit, were still on the scene at around 9.30pm.
Superintendent Tracey Little said: A number of police resources, including armed units, were deployed to the scene.
He said: “That’s the first thing I saw.”
The man, who also saw two women put in ambulances, said it had been a “shock”.
Police at the scene of a fatal stabbing, which saw three other people injured, at Primrose Crescent in Thorpe St Andrew.
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His wife, 80, said: “It’s a shock this has happened.
“Not much goes on around here. I just saw the police and the ambulances turn up.”
An 84-year-old man who lives close to the scene but did not want to be named, said he saw two women put in ambulances.
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