A two-month-old baby girl has been taken to Bristol Children’s Hospital after an alleged assault in Plymouth during the early hours of New Year’s Day.
Police were called shortly after midnight to reports of a disturbance and altercation involving a group of people in the Prince Rock area of the city.
Officers attended Mainstone Avenue and Elliot Road where they located the baby with injuries.
A spokesperson for Devon and Cornwall Police said:
"Detectives are investigating an assault which occurred in the Prince Rock area of Plymouth on 1 January.
"Officers were called shortly after midnight to reports of a disturbance and altercation involving a group of people.
"They attended the area of Mainstone Avenue and Elliot Road where they located a two-month-old baby with injuries. She was taken to Bristol Children's Hospital where her injuries were not being treated as life-threatening or changing.
"An 18-year-old man from Plymouth was arrested on suspicion of assault. He has been released on police bail.
"Enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances of this incident."
Anyone with information is asked to contact Devon and Cornwall Police via 101 or their website quoting reference 50260000109.
Information can also be passed anonymously to independent charity Crimestoppers by calling 0800 555 111, or via www.crimestoppers-uk.org.
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