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Two held over 'attack' on boy, 11 Boys arrested over vicious attack
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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 boys have been arrested after an attack in Doncaster left two other boys, aged nine and 11, in hospital, one with life-threatening 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. Police were called to the Brick Ponds area of Edlington on Saturday afternoon after the nine-year-old was found in the street "cut from head to toe".
Inquiries led police to a ravine where the 11-year-old was then found semi-conscious with serious head injuries. Police then found the semi-conscious 11-year-old in a railway cutting. He is critically ill with 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. They were being questioned by police on Sunday.
South Yorkshire Police are conducting house-to-house inquiries in a bid to establish what happened. The 11-year-old was airlifted to Sheffield Children's Hospital where his condition was described on Sunday as critical but stable in intensive care.
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. 'Sickening' injuries
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. South Yorkshire Police officers are conducting house-to-house inquiries in a bid to establish what happened.
Local residents told BBC News they believed the two boys had been hit with a brick, slashed with a knife and burned with cigarettes.
It is thought their mobile phones, trainers and about £3 in cash were stolen.
Local resident Lisa Meehan said her daughter found the younger victim wandering in the street barefoot and covered in blood.
"I felt sick to my stomach," she said.
"You couldn't see his face, he was cut from head to toe with a gash across his head.
"They had slashed his arms and face and he had no trainers or socks on. His face was mashed."
The younger boy is being treated for his injuries at Doncaster Royal Infirmary.