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Murder probe after hurt baby dies | |
(about 5 hours later) | |
Police have started a murder inquiry after a 17-month-old baby boy, who was taken to hospital with serious head injuries, died. | |
The baby was taken by ambulance to Manchester Royal Infirmary on Thursday evening, and later transferred to the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital. | |
Two men and two women were arrested on suspicion of assaulting the baby, who died on Friday evening. | |
None of the four, who remain in custody, are the baby's parents. | |
The men - aged 28 and 38 - and women - aged 27 and 28 - were arrested in Salford on Thursday. | |
The boy was taken to hospital at 1730 GMT and the arrests were made about four hours later. | The boy was taken to hospital at 1730 GMT and the arrests were made about four hours later. |
Their exact relationship to the boy is not yet known and inquiries are continuing, Greater Manchester Police said. | |