Homicide unit investigating death of young girl in southeast Edmonton

The Edmonton Police Service homicide unit is investigating the suspicious death of a young girl in southeast Edmonton.

Police were called around 8:45 p.m. on Monday to a home at 25th Avenue and 43rd Street aftera report of a stabbing.

Officers found a young girl suffering life-threatening injuries. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

A suspect is in custody and there is no risk to public safety, police said in a media advisory.

No further details will be released Monday night, police said.

Photographs from the scene Tuesday morning show police have blocked off a road and four police cruisers outside a home.

The home is in the Bisset neighbourhood in Mill Woods.