A teenage girl will face court today charged with murder following the death of a girl at Lake Macquarie yesterday.
About 3.45pm (Monday 29 April 2024), emergency services responded to reports of a stabbing at a home on Thurston Street, Boolaroo, approximately 20km south-west of Newcastle.
NSW Ambulance paramedics treated a 10-year-old girl for multiple stab wounds; however, she died at the scene.
Officers from Lake Macquarie Police District arrested a 17-year-old girl at the home before she was taken to Belmont Police Station
A crime scene was established and local detectives with the assistance of the State Crime Command's Homicide Squad commenced an investigation under Strike Force Upstream.
The teenage girl has since been charged with murder (DV) and refused bail to appear at a children's court today (Tuesday 30 April 2024).
