15/02/2012

Murdered Teen Dialled 999 After Stabbing

A 13-year-old girl has died of stab wounds after an attack in Doncaster on Tuesday.

She was subject to the serious assault in the Elmfield Park area of Doncaster and died on Tuesday evening.

Police said they were treating the incident as a murder investigation and announced the arrest of a 26-year-old woman who was being held in connection with incident and who remains in police custody.

The park has been closed off and there is an inner cordon around a children's playground in the middle of the park, which is near the town centre.

It is understood the girl was stabbed outside the park but called for help from inside the park.

The 13-year-old girl has not yet been named, while a post mortem is to be held in due course.

Police asked anyone with information to call 101 and quote incident number 438 of or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.

(DW/GK)

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