Five children held over fatal park attack on man, 80

Five children have been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of an 80-year-old man who was attacked in a park.

Leicestershire Police said the man died in hospital after being assaulted while walking his dog at Franklin Park, in Braunstone Town, Leicester, on Sunday evening.

The force said a boy and a girl, both aged 14, and another boy and two girls aged 12, were in custody.

Officers have appealed for witnesses to come forward.

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