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| Boys held over 'shocking' attack | |
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| Police are questioning two children after an attack that left one boy with life-threatening injuries and another was "cut from head to toe". | Police are questioning two children after an attack that left one boy with life-threatening injuries and another was "cut from head to toe". |
| An 11-year-old victim is in intensive care after being found with head injuries in a ravine near Doncaster. | An 11-year-old victim is in intensive care after being found with head injuries in a ravine near Doncaster. |
| His nine-year-old friend was found bleeding from knife wounds in a nearby street and has had surgery to his arm. | His nine-year-old friend was found bleeding from knife wounds in a nearby street and has had surgery to his arm. |
| Prime Minister Gordon Brown said it was "clearly a shocking incident" and he would be "following the case closely". | |
| South Yorkshire Police are expected to ask for more time to question the two arrested boys, aged 10 and 11. | South Yorkshire Police are expected to ask for more time to question the two arrested boys, aged 10 and 11. |
| A Downing Street spokesman said that Prime Minister Gordon Brown regarded it as a "shocking" incident, but cautioned against drawing any wider conclusions about the state of society. | |
| "In his view, the overwhelming majority are well-behaved and have good upbringings, and therefore he would be cautious about reaching any general conclusion about what is a disturbing but singular event," the spokesman added. | |
| Local residents told BBC News they believed the two victims had been hit with a brick, slashed with a knife and burned with cigarettes in the Brick Ponds area of Edlington on Saturday. | Local residents told BBC News they believed the two victims had been hit with a brick, slashed with a knife and burned with cigarettes in the Brick Ponds area of Edlington on Saturday. |
| See a map of the scene | See a map of the scene |
| It is thought their mobile phones, trainers and about £3 in cash were stolen. | It is thought their mobile phones, trainers and about £3 in cash were stolen. |
| Lisa Meehan said her daughter found the younger victim wandering in the street barefoot and covered in blood. | Lisa Meehan said her daughter found the younger victim wandering in the street barefoot and covered in blood. |
| Jean Wright explains how her son found the 11-year-old victim | Jean Wright explains how her son found the 11-year-old victim |
| "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. | "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." | "They had slashed his arms and face and he had no trainers or socks on. His face was mashed." |
| Resident Jean Wright, 68, said: "My husband saw [the younger boy] walking past the outside of our house and he was covered in what my husband thought was red paint. When he went out he saw it was blood." | Resident Jean Wright, 68, said: "My husband saw [the younger boy] walking past the outside of our house and he was covered in what my husband thought was red paint. When he went out he saw it was blood." |
| Derek Wright, 70, said his son Ian saw the 11-year-old on the edge of a stream, lying face down with his arms outstretched. He was covered in dried mud and blood, he said. | Derek Wright, 70, said his son Ian saw the 11-year-old on the edge of a stream, lying face down with his arms outstretched. He was covered in dried mud and blood, he said. |
| Mr Wright added: "They're animals, absolute animals. How any child could do this to another child I don't know." | Mr Wright added: "They're animals, absolute animals. How any child could do this to another child I don't know." |
| The younger boy has had surgery on his arm at Doncaster Royal Infirmary and the older boy remains in a critical condition after being airlifted to Sheffield Children's Hospital. | The younger boy has had surgery on his arm at Doncaster Royal Infirmary and the older boy remains in a critical condition after being airlifted to Sheffield Children's Hospital. |
| Officers from South Yorkshire Police have been carrying out house-to-house inquiries to try to establish what happened. | Officers from South Yorkshire Police have been carrying out house-to-house inquiries to try to establish what happened. |
| SATURDAY'S INCIDENT, EDLINGTON, SOUTH YORKSHIRE 1. Nine-year-old boy found injured on Auburn Road 2. Critically injured 11-year-old found 3. Two boys, aged 10 and 11, arrested | SATURDAY'S INCIDENT, EDLINGTON, SOUTH YORKSHIRE 1. Nine-year-old boy found injured on Auburn Road 2. Critically injured 11-year-old found 3. Two boys, aged 10 and 11, arrested |
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