'Quick actions' helped girl, 8, injured in Tyrone attack
The PSNI has said the quick actions of police officers and paramedics have given an eight-year-old girl seriously injured in an attack in Co Tyrone in which her father was killed a fighting chance to survive.
An 8-year-old girl was injured in an attack that took place in Dungannon, Co Tyrone. Emergency services arrived at the scene shortly after 11am on Saturday following a call from a neighbor who heard a woman screaming for help inside the house. Police officers administered first aid to the girl, who was found to be seriously injured, before she was transported to a Belfast hospital.
Her mother was also taken to the hospital but with non-life-threatening injuries. The girl's father, a 61-year-old man, was pronounced dead at the scene. Superintendent Peter Stevenson of the PSNI Mid Ulster District praised the quick actions of those who arrived first, stating that their timely response significantly increased the girl's chances of survival.
She is currently in a stable condition at the hospital. Floral tributes have been placed outside the home where the incident occurred, and the location remains secured by police as the investigation continues.
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