A mother and daughter killed in a suspected double murder were on the phone to police as they were attacked, according to detectives.

Raneem Oudeh, 22, and Khaola Saleem, 49, were fatally assaulted in the early hours of Bank Holiday Monday, at Ms Saleem's house in Solihull, West Midlands.

Janbaz Tarin, Miss Oudeh's ex-partner, is being sought over the incident but has so far not been traced.

A large-scale operation to trace the Afghan national is under way, and the force has also warned against anyone "shielding" the 21-year-old.

Clarifying "speculation" about police contact with Miss Oudeh in the hours leading up to her death, West Midlands Police said there had been "a number of calls" from her to the force, on Sunday night.

In a statement, police added one of its call handlers was on the phone to the young woman when "the situation quickly escalated" - and "immediately" dispatched officers to the scene who arrived "within minutes".

Officers rushed to the victims' home in Northdown Road, shortly after 12.30am, finding them fatally wounded.

Despite the efforts of emergency services neither could be saved.

Three addresses have been raided by police, including one in Sparkhill, in nearby Birmingham.

Computer equipment and mobile phones have been seized and a van is undergoing forensic examination.

The suspected murder weapon has also been recovered, police said.

Neighbours have described being woken by screams coming from Ms Saleem's address, where Miss Oudeh lived with her mother, as they were attacked.

Miss Oudeh had a two-year-old son, though Tarin is not the father, and had moved to England from Syria, along with Ms Saleem, who herself had six children.

In a statement, their family said they had been left "devastated".

Following a public appeal, police said they had received dozens of phone calls and were currently looking at the information and a number of potential sightings.

Detective Inspector Caroline Corfield, leading the investigation, said: "We have a team of detectives working around the clock... (to) get justice for Raneem and Khaola's family.

"The response from the public to our appeal has been positive and we are following up all credible lines of inquiry but we need anyone with information on Tarin's whereabouts to get in touch.

"This is a shocking, tragic case."

Post-mortem examinations to establish a cause of death were ongoing on Tuesday evening.

The public has been advised not to approach Tarin and to call 999.

Earlier, police had said they could not comment on any previous contact, having self-referred the incident to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).