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Olivia Bowden in Toronto

Small Canadian town reels after teen boy allegedly assaults eight-year-old girl

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Provincial police in eastern Ontario say they are investigating an incident that left a young child with serious injuries in Quadeville, Ontario. Photograph: The Canadian Press/Alamy

A small rural community in Canada is reeling after police said the horrific attack of an eight-year-old girl was not caused by an animal, as they had suspected, but allegedly by a teenage boy who they have now charged with attempted murder.

The residents of Quadeville, a town of a few hundred people in southern Ontario, are questioning local law enforcement’s handling of the case after officials initially told them to keep their children indoors to protect them against a possible offending animal.

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