Tributes have been left outside the house of a teenage girl who died on Christmas Day in Leeds, as police look into the circumstances of her death.
Neighbours are said to be "sad" and worried" as bouquets of flowers, candles and helium balloons lay tragically outside the terrace house on Throstle Road, Middleton. These items pay tribute to the as-of-yet unnamed 16-year-old whose cause of death has not yet been disclosed.
A neighbour Brandon, 17, whose grandmother lives a few doors away, said: "I just think it's so sad and I've heard that she's 16. Plus it's pretty close and we don't know what's happened. There's lots of old people living round here and it's worrying for them.
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"It was Christmas Day as well. I know a couple of people who went to primary school with her, I didn't know her myself."
West Yorkshire Police are investigating the 16-year-old's death after paramedics pronounced her dead at the home at 10.36am (Sunday, December 25). A force spokesperson said: "Police are carrying out enquiries following the death of a 16-year-old girl at her home in Leeds.
"At 10.36am on Sunday, December 25, officers were contacted by the ambulance service who were attending an address in Throstle Road, Middleton, where the girl had been pronounced dead by paramedics.
"Enquiries are being carried out to establish the circumstances surrounding her death."
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