Man arrested over alleged Perth stabbing

A man has been arrested in connection with the death of a young mother who was allegedly stabbed in a flat.

Emergency services, responding to reports of a disturbance, found the 28-year-old woman seriously injured when they went to the address in Firbank Road, Perth, at around 8.30pm yesterday.

She is believed to have been stabbed and that her children, aged two and five, were in the flat at the time. The woman, originally from Poland, was taken to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee, where she died.

Tayside Police said a 38-year-old man was arrested in connection with the death and that they will send a report to the procurator fiscal.