Boy 12, stabbed to death with another teenager arrested on suspicion of murder

A schoolboy, 12, was stabbed to decease successful wide daylight arsenic constabulary arrested a 14-year-old connected suspicion of murder.

Police were called to an country adjacent Scribers Lane successful Hall Green, Birmingham, astatine astir 3.15pm yesterday afternoon.

Officers recovered a 12-year-old lad who had been stabbed. Paramedics took the lad to infirmary wherever helium was pronounced dormant a abbreviated portion later.

His household person been informed and are being supported by specializer officers.

West Midlands Police person since arrested a 14-year-old lad connected suspicion of murder.

Anyone who could assistance with the probe has been urged to usage their Major Incident Public Portal.

Detective Inspector Joe Davenport from our Major Crime Unit said: ‘We’re urgently reviewing CCTV and speaking to witnesses arsenic we enactment to recognize what happened and why, and who was responsible.

‘If you were successful the country astatine the clip and saw what happened, oregon deliberation you whitethorn person captured immoderate portion of what happened connected dashcam oregon mobile phone, it’s captious you get successful interaction with arsenic soon arsenic possible.’

A spokesperson for the unit said: ‘We person acceptable up our Major Incident Public Portal (MIPP) wherever members of the nationalist tin taxable photos oregon video evidence.

‘Visit Public Portal (mipp.police.uk) to entree the MIPP oregon usage the QR codification below.

‘Anyone with immoderate different accusation tin telephone 101 oregon usage Live Chat quoting log 3324 of 21 January.’

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