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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Josh Halliday North of England correspondent

Boy, 14, who died after stabbing in Gateshead named by police

Tomasz Oleszak
A fundraising page has been set up to help Tomasz Oleszak’s family by the coaches of his local football team. Photograph: Family handout/Northumbria police

A “kind and caring” 14-year-old boy who died after being fatally stabbed in Gateshead has been named by police as Tomasz Oleszak.

The teenager, who is thought to have moved to Britain from Poland about five years ago, died in the early hours of Tuesday after the alleged attack on Monday night.

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