Airgun fired at children's party

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Two 17-year-olds have been arrested after an air weapon was fired into a garden in Leicestershire.

Police were called to a house on Stirling Road in Melton on Wednesday afternoon.

A group of young children were in the garden celebrating a birthday when the incident took place.

Three children aged 2, 3 and 5 were bruised and left distressed but did not need special medical treatment. Police have appealed for information.

Insp Nigel Peters, the Policing Commander at Melton Mowbray, said: "During the next couple of days staff from Melton Police Station will be visiting local addresses to establish precisely what happened.

"The consequences of this incident could have been far worse and we are appealing for anyone who witnessed the incident or has any information whatsoever to please get in touch with police urgently."