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Migrant hostel double stabbing in Hartlepool sparks counter terror investigation after member of the public is killed and one seriously hurt as police continue to quiz man, 44

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A double stabbing in Hartlepool took place at a hostel for migrants before spilling out on to the street, it was revealed today.

Counter-terror officers are probing the attacks that left one man dead and another seriously injured.

A 44-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder after the incident in Hartlepool just before 6am yesterday morning.

The attack began inside the migrant accommodation, where one person was knifed before the alleged killer left the hostel and stabbed a second man, a member of the public, to death in the street, according to the Telegraph.