4 underage boys arrested.
[A 12-year-old girl has died after
suffering "catastrophic injuries" during
an argument in a city centre.
Ava White was with friends in
Liverpool when she was assaulted
at 20:40 GMT on Thursday.
Merseyside Police previously said
she had been stabbed but later said a
post-mortem examination would be
carried out to establish the cause of death.
Four teenage boys, aged between 13 and 15 and
from Toxteth, have been arrested on suspicion of her murder.
Officers found Ava collapsed on the ground
on Church Alley shortly after the city's
Christmas lights switch-on took place.
A member of the public,
who had witnessed the incident,
was giving her first aid, police said.
Ava, who attended Notre Dame
Catholic College in Everton,
was taken to Alder Hey Children's Hospital
with critical injuries but died a short time later.
"We believe that Ava and her friends
had been involved in a verbal argument
which culminated in Ava being assaulted,
causing catastrophic injuries,"
Assistant Chief Constable Jon Roy said.
"We understand that the offenders
were then seen to run up School Lane
across Hanover Street and on to Fleet Street."]
Shocking.
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