Nottingham attack timeline of events: How deadly rampage unfolded leaving three dead

Two 19-year-old university students and a 65-year-old man were killed in a horrific spate of stabbings in Nottingham on Tuesday morning. A 31-year-old man was tasered and arrested on suspicion of murder following the deadly rampage and remains in custody.

Nottinghamshire Police are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incidents and no further arrests have been made.

Tributes have been paid to talented cricketer Barnaby Webber and England under-18 hockey player Grace Kumar who were killed during the attacks in the early hours of Tuesday. Both were students at the University of Nottingham.

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The two 19-year-old victims were fatally knifed in Ilkeston Road, a student area of Nottingham, at about 4am. The body of Ian Coates, a school caretaker, was found shortly after.

Police believe the suspect stole Mr Coates' van and used it to run three people over before he was apprehended by officers. Three people were injured in the van attack, with one in a critical condition in hospital and two suffering minor injuries.

The police chief said the motive behind the attack was yet to be determined, but officers were keeping an “open mind” and working with counter-terror police.

Police have today released further details about how the event unfolded. Here's what we know:

In the early hours of Tuesday morning, a man attacked two University of Nottingham students with a knife on Ilkeston Road.

At 4.04am, police received a call alerting them to the scene.

Police quickly attended the scene on Ilkeston Road and found two 19-year-old students - now named as Barnaby Webber and Grace Kumar - in the street unresponsive.

Investigations have now revealed