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Good Morning Britain presenter Susanna Reid struggled to hold back tears as she imagined the horror of the parents of the Nottingham stabbing victims as a mother.
Three people, including students Grace Kumar and Barnaby Webber, both 19, were killed in an early morning attack on Tuesday.
The third victim, a 51-year-old man, was found dead on a nearby road.
Another three people are in hospital after someone tried to run them over in a van in Milton Street, in what police believe is a connected incident.
A 31-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in police custody.
On Wednesday’s GMB, Susanna, 52, who shares three sons with her ex-husband former sports correspondent Dominic Cotton, became emotional as she spoke about the horrific incident as a parent.
Grace Kumar is understood to be the second victim
Barnaby Webber is one of the victims of an attack in Nottingham
Becoming visibly emotional, she said: ‘I was saying earlier that, as you know, as a mum of three boys in their teens. I’ve got one at university. I’ve got a 19-year-old as well. Exactly the same age as Barnaby and Grace, who is about to go to university.
‘You send them off so proud that they’re beginning their first independent part of their lives. They’re young adults. They’re making their way.
‘But they’re still under your protection until that moment the door of the student halls of residence closes and pretty much every parent has a tear in their eye as they drive away, dropping them off.
Susanna became visibly upset when she spoke about the horrific attack(Picture: ITV/Shutterstock)
A vigil was held in Nottingham after the attack(Picture: PA)
‘You just can’t imagine what those families are going through. Well, actually, you do know what those families are going through.’
‘I can hear it in your voice,’ regular GMB contributor Kevin Maguire commented.
On Tuesday, Chief Constable Meynell said Nottinghamshire Police is still in the ‘early stages’ of the investigation and they were still working on determining a motive for the attack.
She added: ‘We are keeping an open mind and are working closely with counter-terrorism policing to establish the facts as we would normally do in this type of circumstance.
‘The families of all the victims have been informed and are being supported by specially-trained officers.
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‘A team of dedicated detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident and will continue to gather evidence over the coming days.’
Good Morning Britain airs weekdays from 6am on ITV.
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Two of the victims are 19-year-old students.