DNA found on knife in Meredith case

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Police examining a knife belonging to Knox's boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito found matches for both girls, Italian news agency Ansa reported.

Knox, Sollecito, and Congolese bar owner Diya "Patrick" Lumumba have been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting then killing the 21-year-old exchange student from Coulsdon, Surrey.

The kitchen knife was found in Sollecito's house, and had Knox's DNA near the handle and Miss Kercher's on the blade, the reports said.

The blade was not part of the Italian's knife collection, one of which he had on him when he was arrested.

Police are unsure whether the knife is from his kitchen or from the Perugia house where Miss Kercher and American Knox lived.

Italian prosecutors believe the Leeds University student was murdered after refusing to take part in an extreme sex game.

The three suspects can be held for up to a year while the case against them is prepared, a judge ruled last week.

Knox, Lumumba and Sollecito all deny any involvement in her death.