The 31-year-old suspect was arrested on Tuesday following the deaths of Grace O’Malley-Kumar, Barnaby Webber and Ian Coates.
Detectives have been given until the early hours of Saturday morning to quiz a triple murder suspect following a deadly knife and van rampage in Nottingham.
Nottinghamshire Police confirmed they sought further time to question a 31-year-old man on suspicion of murder after he was tasered and arrested on Tuesday morning.
Talented 19-year-old students Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Barnaby Webber were found stabbed to death in Nottingham’s Ilkeston Road at around 4am on Tuesday.
Dedicated school caretaker Ian Coates, 65, was then found dead in Magdala Road after his van was allegedly stolen by the suspect.
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust said two patients are now stable and one has been discharged following van attacks on the same morning.
No official confirmation has been given, but former University of Nottingham student Valdo Calocane is widely reported to be the suspect.
