Police launch murder probe after body of woman, in her 20s, found in Batley after supermarket 'robbery'
Police were called to reports of an armed robbery in Asda last night in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire.
Officers arrested a 37-year-old man at the scene on suspicion of murder and seized a knife.
West Yorkshire Police said he told them there was a dead woman, in her 20s, at a property in Batley which was later found in Norfolk Street.
She is yet to be formally identified.
Forensic specialists were seen at the address and streets in the area have been cordoned off as they carried out their investigation.
Police have warned that two other people, a man and woman, 'may have come to harm.' as a desperate hunt for the two continues.
Detective Chief Inspector Dan Bates said: 'This is clearly a very serious incident, where a young woman has lost her life.
Forensic specialists were seen at the address and streets in the area have been cordoned off as they carried out their investigation
'There is a heightened police presence in Dewsbury today as we work to establish the full circumstances surrounding this incident.
'Our immediate priority is to identify and locate the two people and establish whether or not they have come to any harm.
'A murder investigation is also under way [but] we do not believe there is any wider risk to the public at this time.'
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