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Teenagers arrested on suspicion of murdering six-week-old baby in Southampton
Police were called to a house in a suburb of the city at 5am on Sunday morning.
TWO TEENAGERS HAVE been arrested in connection with the death of a six-week-old baby in the southern English city of Southampton at the weekend.
Police were called to a home on Defender Road in the Peartree suburb at around 5am on Sunday morning after reports of a baby boy requiring medical attention.
The child was pronounced dead a short time later at Southampton General Hospital.
An 18-year-old woman and a 16-year-old boy have now been arrested on suspicion of murder, Hampshire Constabulary said.
They remain in custody today.
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