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| Bessbrook toddler in hospital after suspected assault | Bessbrook toddler in hospital after suspected assault |
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| Police in Newry are questioning a man in his 20s about an alleged assault on a two-year-old girl in County Armagh. | |
| The police were called to a house in Charlemont Square East in Bessbrook shortly before 20:00 BST on Sunday. There had been an altercation involving a number of people. | |
| The toddler was taken from the house apparently suffering serious head injuries and at one point, she was sick in a neighbour's garden. | |
| She is seriously ill in hospital. | |
| It is understood the man being questioned is not the child's father, but was in a relationship with the mother. | |
| They had only met recently, apparently via the internet and neighbours said he had moved into the house three days ago. | |
| Police have appealed for anyone who was in Charlemont Square East, Bessbrook, at about 19:45 BST on Sunday and who witnessed "an altercation" or suspicious activity to contact them. | Police have appealed for anyone who was in Charlemont Square East, Bessbrook, at about 19:45 BST on Sunday and who witnessed "an altercation" or suspicious activity to contact them. |