Teenage girl dead after horrific stabbing in Newcastle, Australia - as another girl is arrested
Emergency services were called to Euston Close about 10.20pm on Monday following reports of a stabbing.
Officers from Lake Macquarie Police District arrived to find a teenage girl with a stab wound to her torso.
She was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics and taken to hospital in a critical condition, but later died from her injuries.
She is yet to be formally identified.
Another teenage girl, who was known to the victim, was arrested at the scene and is assisting police with inquiries.
A crime scene has been established and will be forensically examined by specialist officers.
Detectives from the State Crime Command's Homicide Squad are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Police are urging anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers.
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