14-year-old boy killed in 'brutal' cemetery attack

Police have named the victim as Jordan Watson, who died from multiple wounds caused by a sharp implement

Police tape cordons off a crime scene
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The body of a 14-year-old boy has been found in a cemetery in Carlisle with multiple wounds to the head and neck.

Jordan Watson was the victim of a "savage and brutal" attack, police said after completing a post-mortem examination. The boy's body was found in Upperby Cemetery, next to St John The Baptist Church in the south of the city early this morning.

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