Facebook feud ends with US girl dead

A FEUD between teenage girls on Facebook has boiled over in the US state of Alabama, ending with one of the girls dead and two injured, US media reports say.

THE Facebook fight led to the girls planning to meet at a park in Birmingham, the capital of the southern state, to settle their differences, police said.

According to the news reports, the girls planned to videotape their fight and post the recording online.

After the fight began two teenage males arrived and started shooting at the girls, television station WIAT said. The shots killed 14-year-old Kierra'onna Rice and wounded two others.

Birmingham police arrested two suspects, a 17-year-old and an 19-year-old, who were identified by witnesses. Police said formal charges are pending.

Authorities believe one of the suspects was dating one of the girls who was fighting Rice, WIAT said.