Tributes to ‘amazing’ boy, 17, stabbed to death outside primary school as teen arrested over ‘murder’

HEARTWRENCHING tributes person been paid to "an astonishing member and son" who was stabbed to decease extracurricular a superior school.

Reuben, 17, was fatally knifed successful beforehand of engaged shops connected Station Road, successful Marston Green, Solihull, West Mids., astatine astir 6.20pm connected Tuesday.

Emergency services recovered the "funny and kind" teen with beingness threating injuries.

He tragically died a abbreviated portion aboriginal despite the champion efforts of paramedics.

A GoFundMe, hoping to rise £2,000, has been acceptable up by A Common Bond - an NGO that supports families failed by children's services.

The autarkic organisation was started by Reuben's parent Sarah.

A Common Bond spokesperson told BirminghamLive: "Reuben was polite, funny, precise kind, an astonishing member and son.

"Him and his parent were the champion of friends. He was everything she could privation for and more."

The GoFundMe connection reads: "We are an organisation founded by Reuben's mum, we cognize she spends her clip moving to enactment others and we would similar to connection that enactment backmost to assistance with clip disconnected enactment her different children and towards ceremonial costs.

"Please assistance america to enactment her aft specified a tragic loss."

West Midlands Police confirmed a 17-year-old lad has been arrested connected suspicion of murder.

He has since been bailed.

Pictures from the country revealed forensics and officers combing the area.

A bluish structure was erected extracurricular a vape store and the are remained cordoned disconnected until Wednesday.

Superintendent Wayne Carter, of Solihull Police, said: “We cognize radical volition understandably beryllium acrophobic and we volition beryllium successful the country conducting inquiries passim the day.

“We volition person other officers successful the country implicit the coming days and I would promote anyone with immoderate information, oregon concerns, to get successful touch.

"Our thoughts stay firmly with the victim’s household and loved ones astatine this genuinely tragic time.”

Anyone with accusation should telephone 101 and punctuation log 4239 29/10/24.