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| Two held over 'attack' on boy, 11 | Two held over 'attack' on boy, 11 |
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| Two young boys have been arrested after an alleged assault left an 11-year-old boy with life-threatening injuries in a ravine in Doncaster, police said. | Two young boys have been arrested after an alleged assault left an 11-year-old boy with life-threatening injuries in a ravine in Doncaster, police said. |
| Police were called to the Brick Ponds area of Edlington on Saturday afternoon after a nine-year-old boy was seen in the street with face and arm injuries. | Police were called to the Brick Ponds area of Edlington on Saturday afternoon after a nine-year-old boy was seen in the street with face and arm injuries. |
| Inquiries led police to a ravine where the 11-year-old was then found semi-conscious with serious head injuries. | Inquiries led police to a ravine where the 11-year-old was then found semi-conscious with serious head injuries. |
| Two boys, aged 10 and 11, were arrested in nearby allotments, police said. | Two boys, aged 10 and 11, were arrested in nearby allotments, police said. |
| The badly-injured 11-year-old was airlifted to Sheffield Children's Hospital where his condition was described as critical but stable in the intensive care unit. | The badly-injured 11-year-old was airlifted to Sheffield Children's Hospital where his condition was described as critical but stable in the intensive care unit. |
| South Yorkshire Police are conducting house-to-house inquiries in a bid to establish what happened. | South Yorkshire Police are conducting house-to-house inquiries in a bid to establish what happened. |
| Local independent councillor Ray Mullis said the Brick Ponds area was an old clay quarry with a steep 20-30ft (6-9m) slope on one side. | |
| He said in recent years it had been plagued by motorcyclists, off-road drivers and illegal car dumping, but police had since clamped down on such activity. |