Northumbria police (northern England) announced that they have arrested fourteen children.
All are 11 to 14 years old.
They are suspected of “involuntary homicide” after the death of a boy in a fire.
Adolescents behind bars. Fourteen children aged 11 to 14 were arrested on Saturday evening by Northumbria police in northern England. They are suspected of “manslaughter”, after the death of a boy in a fire in the county of Tyne and Wear.
According to the first elements of the investigation, the body of this 14 -year -old adolescent was discovered by firefighters in an industrial area of Gateshead, suburbs of Newcastle, where they were called on Friday evening. A fire broke out there around 8 p.m.
-The fourteen children, eleven boys and three girls, are aged 11 to 14. “The investigation is only in its infancy and the public is asked not to speculate“The facts,” said a police spokesman, without making more comments. “I understand the shock it represents for the community“added a commissioner in charge of the investigation.
Residents of the district declared Sunday at the BBC that adolescents regularly introduced themselves on the industrial site in question.
