Girl, 14, arrested for murder after man, 24, stabbed to death

A forensic officer at the scene on Russell Way in Crawley, West Sussex, after a 24-year-old man was fatally stabbed on Tuesday night (Picture: PA)

A teenage girl has been arrested over the murder of a man in West Sussex.

An air ambulance and paramedics were scrambled after a 24-year-old man was found with serious stab injuries in Russell Way, Crawley, at 9pm on Tuesday.

But despite being treated by the emergency services, he later died at the scene.

Police said a 14-year-old girl from Crawley was arrested in south London around 10.20pm on Wednesday on suspicion of murder.

Police officers search bushes at the scene in Crawley (Picture: PA)

Two people including a 14-year-old girl have been arrested over the stabbing (Picture: PA)

A forensic officer is seen with a camera at the crime scene (Picture: PA)

A 21-year-old man from London was also arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.

The incident is not being linked to the discovery of a man’s body found in woodland off nearby Marion Road on Wednesday morning.

This is currently being treated as unexplained.

Anyone with information is asked to report online at sussex.police.uk or call 101 quoting Operation Parkhead.

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