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Page last updated at 09:10 GMT, Monday, 12 May 2008 10:10 UK
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Man arrested over serious assault

A 21-year-old man has been arrested following a serious assault in which a teenage girl and her father were hurt.

The incident happened outside the 15-year-old's home in the Quarrybank area of Edinburgh on Saturday 3 May.

The girl's 34-year-old father received a four-inch long cut to the head in the incident. Both were taken to hospital, along with the girl's mother.

It happened at 0500 BST after the family were woken by a disturbance outside their family home.



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