Boy, 14, killed on bus was ‘stabbed almost instantaneously with machetes’

A schoolboy who was fatally stabbed up to 27 times connected a autobus was acceptable upon ‘almost instantaneously’ by his killers, a tribunal has heard.

Kelyan Bokassa, 14, was attacked arsenic helium rode a autobus towards his location successful Woolwich, south-east London, connected the day of January 7.

Two boys, aged 15 and 16, allegedly tracked him down and utilized ‘lengthy machetes’ to ‘stab oregon effort to stab’ him 27 times.

An artery successful Kelyan’s thigh was severed during the attack, and helium bled to decease soon aft paramedics arrived.

One of the machetes was thrown into the River Thames afterwards, the Old Bailey heard.

Prosecutor Tom Little KC said Keylan was sitting connected the backmost spot of the autobus erstwhile his alleged killers, who cannot beryllium named for ineligible reasons, boarded.

He said: ‘It is wide this is not a signifier of spontaneous incident. The 2 defendants indispensable person known the deceased was connected the bus.

‘They attack him and astir instantaneously the 2 of them propulsion retired machetes and attacked the deceased.

‘He is stabbed oregon attempted to beryllium stabbed connected a full of 27 occasions earlier the defendants made their mode disconnected the bus.’

On Monday the 15-year-old suspect appeared via videolink from Feltham Young Offender Institution and spoke lone to corroborate his identity.

He was remanded into custody, portion the 16-year-old was acceptable to get successful tribunal aboriginal connected Monday.

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