A 16-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of assault, and later on suspicion of murder after a 15 year old girl was killed in a stabbing incident in Hexham yesterday
Northumbria Police say they attended an incident where the boy and girl – aged 16 and 15 – suffered serious injuries consistent with having been caused by a bladed article.
They were both taken to hospital, with the girl’s injuries described as life-threatening,she later died in hospital
The suspect remains in police custody.
