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| Police are continuing to question two children after an attack that left one boy with serious injuries and another "cut from head to toe". | Police are continuing to question two children after an attack that left one boy with serious injuries and another "cut from head to toe". |
| Officers have been given an extra 36 hours to question the two after an 11-year-old victim was found with head injuries in a ravine near Doncaster. | Officers have been given an extra 36 hours to question the two after an 11-year-old victim was found with head injuries in a ravine near Doncaster. |
| His nine-year-old friend was found bleeding from knife wounds nearby and is set to undergo a second operation. | His nine-year-old friend was found bleeding from knife wounds nearby and is set to undergo a second operation. |
| The 11-year-old's family said they were grateful for the community's help. | The 11-year-old's family said they were grateful for the community's help. |
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| In a statement the family said: "We would like to thank all the community for their help in finding our son and for all their continued support through what is a very traumatic time. | In a statement the family said: "We would like to thank all the community for their help in finding our son and for all their continued support through what is a very traumatic time. |
| "We are hoping that our son will continue to recover from his ordeal." | |
| Doncaster Council confirmed the two arrested boys were in foster care. | Doncaster Council confirmed the two arrested boys were in foster care. |
| The BBC's Chris Buckler in Edlington | The BBC's Chris Buckler in Edlington |
| If the old quarry where the boys were attacked was once a play area, it is now clearly a crime scene. | If the old quarry where the boys were attacked was once a play area, it is now clearly a crime scene. |
| Old uprooted bushes hold police tape in place at the bottom of a hill. It was here that the 11-year-old was found unconscious. | Old uprooted bushes hold police tape in place at the bottom of a hill. It was here that the 11-year-old was found unconscious. |
| The nine-year-old had managed to wander into nearby streets covered in blood. That image is still being talked about there and on every street corner of this old mining town. | The nine-year-old had managed to wander into nearby streets covered in blood. That image is still being talked about there and on every street corner of this old mining town. |
| Residents question how it could happen and who should be held responsible. | Residents question how it could happen and who should be held responsible. |
| At a nearby allotment, a man claimed that people had become used to vandalism and nuisance crime - but he said violence that would leave children seriously injured was simply unthinkable. Until now. | At a nearby allotment, a man claimed that people had become used to vandalism and nuisance crime - but he said violence that would leave children seriously injured was simply unthinkable. Until now. |
| Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Monday it was "clearly a shocking incident" and he would be "following the case very closely". | Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Monday it was "clearly a shocking incident" and he would be "following the case very closely". |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| The younger boy has already had one operation on his arm at Doncaster Royal Infirmary. | The younger boy has already had one operation on his arm at Doncaster Royal Infirmary. |
| The older boy remains in a critical condition after being airlifted to Sheffield Children's Hospital. | 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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