Boy arrested after girl, 15, stabbed to death in Northumbria

16-year-old detained on suspicion of murder after incident in Hexham in which another boy was also injured

A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 15-year-old girl was fatally stabbed in the Priestpopple area of Hexham, Northumbria police said.

The force said the ambulance service alerted officers shortly after 5.10pm on Friday to a report of a teenage boy and girl who had been injured in a suspected assault.