Four boys – aged 13, two aged 14 and one aged 15 – have been arrested on suspicion of murder. Police believe that Ava and her friends were involved in a verbal argument, which led to Ava being assaulted, and the offenders then ran away.
Merseyside Police previously said that she had been stabbed but later said that a post-mortem explanation would be carried out to establish the cause of her death.
Police officers were called at 8.39pm to reports of an assault. When they arrived they discovered that Ava, who had been with friends, was collapsed on the ground.
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