- Girl allegedly stabbed multiple times
- Couldn’t be revived at the scene
- Allegedly stabbed by her older sister
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A young girl has allegedly been stabbed to death by her teenage sister in NSW‘s Lake Macquarie region.
Emergency services rushed to a home in Thurston Street, Boolaroo near Newcastle about 3.45pm on Monday following reports of a stabbing.
Paramedics treated a 10-year-old girl at the scene for multiple stab wounds but she was unable to be revived and died at the scene.
Police arrested a 17-year-old girl at the home.
She was taken to Belmont Police Station and is currently assisting with inquiries.
No charges have yet been laid.
Thurston Street in Boolaroo remained blocked off by police on Monday night
A girl has died after she was allegedly stabbed multiple times at a home in Thurston Street, Boolaroo on Monday afternoon
Both girls are believed to be known to one another.
The pair are believed to be sisters, the Daily Telegraph reported.
There are no other reports of injuries.
A crime scene has been established as investigations continue.
Specialist forensic officers were on en route to the scene on Monday night.
No further information is available at this early stage.
Anyone with information is urged to call Crime Stoppers.
It follows a spate of fatal stabbings across NSW in recent weeks.
It’s been two weeks since five women and a shopping centre security guards lost their lives during a stabbing rampage at Westfield Bondi Junction.
A man, 28, was stabbed in Quakers Hill last Friday night before dying on the way to hospital.
Police have established a crime scene at the home in NSW’s Lake Macquarie region