AFP :
UK police detained a man on Wednesday after an hours-long manhunt following the crossbow murders of three women related to a BBC commentator.
The victims were the wife and two adult daughters of John Hunt, a commentator for BBC Racing’s horse racing radio channel.
Kyle Clifford, 26, from Enfield in north London, was wanted in connection with the deaths of the three women in the town of Bushey, north of London, on Tuesday night.
The broadcaster confirmed the victims were Carol Hunt, 61, and the couple’s two daughters, Hannah, 28, and Louise, 25.
In a statement Wednesday, police said Clifford, who was found by officers in Enfield, “was known to the victims” and no additional suspects were being sought.
Clifford was “receiving medical treatment having been found with injuries,” police said.
No formal arrests have yet been made, police later said.
Local police previously said officers were called to a house in the leafy commuter town where the three women were pronounced dead at the scene.
Chief Superintendent Jon Simpson called it “a horrific incident involving what is currently believed to be a crossbow, but other weapons may also have been used.”
A primary school in nearby Enfield kept children indoors during the police search.
There is no license required to own a crossbow in the UK, but it is illegal to carry one in public without a reasonable excuse.
Interior minister Yvette Cooper called the deaths “truly shocking” and said she was being kept updated about the inquiry.
A spokeswoman for her department said legislation was “under constant review and a call for evidence was launched earlier this year to look at whether further controls on crossbows should be introduced”.