New Delhi, Oct. 12 -- A murder investigation is underway after the British police arrested two men on suspicion of killing former Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins at a prison in northern England.

Watkins was was stabbed to death on Saturday morning within the prison premises, where the 48-year-old artist was serving a 29-year sentence for child sex offences.

The two suspects, aged 25 and 43, were detained following the stabbing, as reported by PTI.

Emergency services were called to HMP Wakefield in West Yorkshire on Saturday morning after Watkins was attacked with a knife. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Prison sources said guards rushed to the scene but could not save him, describing it as a horrific scene with blood, alarms, and...