Eleven arrested in connection with schoolboy's death

Eleven people have been arrested in connection with the murder of schoolboy Rhys Jones in Liverpool, England.

Four males aged 17, 24, 25, and 16 were arrested on suspicion of murdering the 11-year-old in Croxteth Park in August last year.

In total, eight men and three women have been detained at police stations across Merseyside for a variety of alleged offences, a police spokesman said.

Rhys was shot by a teenage gunman on a bicycle in the car park of the Fir Tree pub on August 22.

The football-mad youngster bled to death.

Despite more than 30 arrests, no-one has been charged over his death.

Following the dawn raids at addresses in the tough Croxteth neighbourhood of Liverpool, a 16-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, attempting to pervert the course of justice and possession of a firearm and ammunition.

A 49-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy were arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender and attempting to pervert the course of justice.

Three women, aged 50, 54 and 21 years, and a 22-year-old man, were arrested on suspicion of attempting to pervert the course of justice.

A force spokesman said the 11 people will be interviewed by murder squad detectives.