Brentwood shaken by killings of two 16-year-olds, says Essex MP

Eight people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after teenagers' deaths on Sunday

Two boys who were killed in Essex in what detectives are treating as suspected murders were 16 years old, the local MP has said.

Police were called to an address in Regency Court, Brentwood, at about 1.30am on Sunday. Three people were found injured at the scene and, two of them died. The third boy's injuries were not life-threatening or life-changing, police said.