Fourteen-year-old arrested on suspicion of murder after teenager dies in Gateshead

A 14-year-old boy has been arrested after the death of another teenager who was attacked in Gateshead in the early hours of Tuesday, 4 October.

Northumbria Police found the attacked boy, also aged 14, with injuries “consistent with having been caused by a bladed article” in the Springwell Estate on Monday evening.

A murder investigation was launched after he died in hospital in the early hours of Tuesday, and a 14-year-old boy was arrested and held in custody.

A 13-year-old girl has also been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, and also remains in custody.

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