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| Pair held after two-year-old dies | Pair held after two-year-old dies |
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| A two-year-old girl has died after being found with head injuries at a house in Greater Manchester. | |
| Demi Leigh Mahon was taken to hospital after reports that a child had been injured at a house in Liverpool Road in Salford on Tuesday. | |
| She died in the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital in Pendlebury on Thursday afternoon, police said. | She died in the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital in Pendlebury on Thursday afternoon, police said. |
| A 53-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy have been arrested on suspicion of assault and are being questioned. | A 53-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy have been arrested on suspicion of assault and are being questioned. |
| "Prior to her death it is believed Demi may have been taken to the park on Nelson Street in Eccles," a Greater Manchester Police spokesman said. | "Prior to her death it is believed Demi may have been taken to the park on Nelson Street in Eccles," a Greater Manchester Police spokesman said. |
| "At this stage officers are trying to establish how the child came to suffer her injuries and are keen to hear from anyone who may have been in the park between 1430 BST and 1630 BST on Tuesday." | "At this stage officers are trying to establish how the child came to suffer her injuries and are keen to hear from anyone who may have been in the park between 1430 BST and 1630 BST on Tuesday." |
| Ambulance crews were called to the house just before 1650 BST on Tuesday.Police want to speak to people who saw Demi at a nearby park | |
| Officers attended a short time later and discovered Demi with serious head injuries. | Officers attended a short time later and discovered Demi with serious head injuries. |
| Michelle Holt, 43, owner of a hairdressing salon near to where Demi lived, said: "I saw an ambulance pull up around 4 o'clock on Tuesday. | |
| "Next thing I knew there was two paramedics bringing out a little girl who to me looked lifeless and had a mask on her face. | |
| "The mother was crying. She was sat on the floor. She was crying and screaming, hysterical. | |
| "Then I saw two people get arrested. | |
| "It was horrific and really scary." | |
| Demi was taken to Hope Hospital and later transferred to Pendlebury, where she died. | |
| A post-mortem examination is due to be carried out. | A post-mortem examination is due to be carried out. |