Girl, 12, charged after woman fatally stabbed in Melbourne apartment

A 12-year-old girl has been charged with murder after a woman was found dead at an inner Melbourne property.

A young woman has died and a 12-year-old girl is in hospital under police guard following a stabbing in Melbourne on Thursday. Source: AAP / Diego Fedele

Key Points

• A 12-year-old girl has been charged over a fatal stabbing in Melbourne.
• A 37-year-old woman was found dead at a property in Footscray.
• Investigators are attempting to establish if the parties were known to each other.

A 12-year-old girl has been charged with murder following a fatal stabbing in Melbourne.

Emergency services were called to a Footscray apartment after a 37-year-old woman was found dead about 2am on Thursday.

The girl was arrested at the scene.

She was later charged with one count of murder and remanded to appear in children's court at a later date.