Police say those responsible fled before emergency services arrived and officers are now questioning five youngsters.
Five children have been arrested over the murder of an 80-year-old man who was attacked in a Leicestershire park. The victim, who was walking his dog in Braunstone Town, was seriously assaulted on Sunday and died in hospital last night. A boy and a girl, both 14, and two girls and a boy, all aged 12, are being questioned by police. The attack happened near the entrance to Franklin Park in Bramble Way at about 6.30pm.
The woman - who did not give her name - said her father had been taken to a Nottingham hospital with spinal injuries and was due to have surgery. Braunstone Town is about 2.5 miles southwest of Leicester city centre. Police are still working at the scene and have appealed for witnesses.
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