Firebug Girl Loses Battle

A GIRL of four has died five weeks after suffering severe burns in an arson attack.

Alana Mian had been in hospital since the June blaze which killed her grandmother Hameeda Begum, 71. Alana’s mum Saima, 24, is recovering.

The two, from Sydney, Australia, were visiting Hameeda and her husband Mumtaz Chisty in Bolton when a bin was set alight outside the couple’s front door. Mumtaz, 73, escaped.

A man aged 22 and boy aged 12 were later arrested and bailed.

Cops have launched a murder probe and Det Chief Insp Jeff McMahon said yesterday: “We still believe there are people out there not talking to us.”

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