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| Stabbed boy's family 'devastated' | Stabbed boy's family 'devastated' |
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| The family of a four-year-old boy who was stabbed to death say they cannot believe what has happened and have been left "devastated". | |
| Police described the attack, which also left a 14-year-old girl with serious knife wounds, as "not random". | Police described the attack, which also left a 14-year-old girl with serious knife wounds, as "not random". |
| Both victims were taken to hospital after the incident on Sunday, in Royd Street, Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire. The boy died a short time later. | Both victims were taken to hospital after the incident on Sunday, in Royd Street, Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire. The boy died a short time later. |
| Police are treating the case as murder. Two men, one aged 47, are being held. | |
| Det Supt Tim Forber, of West Yorkshire Police, said: "This has been a very serious incident which has seen the life of a four-year-old boy having been brought to a tragic end and left a 14-year-old girl in hospital with serious stab wounds. | Det Supt Tim Forber, of West Yorkshire Police, said: "This has been a very serious incident which has seen the life of a four-year-old boy having been brought to a tragic end and left a 14-year-old girl in hospital with serious stab wounds. |
| We're a close family and we're devastated Boy's great uncle | We're a close family and we're devastated Boy's great uncle |
| "The incident is not being treated as a random attack." | "The incident is not being treated as a random attack." |
| The girl is being treated at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. | The girl is being treated at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. |
| The boy's family said the incident was "senseless". | The boy's family said the incident was "senseless". |
| "We're a close family and we're devastated," said his great uncle. "We just can't believe it." | "We're a close family and we're devastated," said his great uncle. "We just can't believe it." |
| BBC correspondent Danny Savage said the girl had eventually fallen in the street after being attacked, and that specific area was being examined. | BBC correspondent Danny Savage said the girl had eventually fallen in the street after being attacked, and that specific area was being examined. |
| The owner of a corner shop at the end of Royd Street said he had tried to help the girl. | The owner of a corner shop at the end of Royd Street said he had tried to help the girl. |
| Face wound | Face wound |
| Waqar Zaman, 34, said he found the girl lying in the street and removed his T-shirt to try to stem the flow of blood. | Waqar Zaman, 34, said he found the girl lying in the street and removed his T-shirt to try to stem the flow of blood. |
| "She had a stab wound on her face which went straight through her mouth, she had stab wounds in her stomach just under her rib cage, all over the place," he said. | "She had a stab wound on her face which went straight through her mouth, she had stab wounds in her stomach just under her rib cage, all over the place," he said. |
| Local residents expressed their disbelief over the incident. | Local residents expressed their disbelief over the incident. |
| Neighbour Paul O'Shea said: "We are very shocked. It happened right across the road from us." | Neighbour Paul O'Shea said: "We are very shocked. It happened right across the road from us." |