Croydon stabbing is every parent’s worst nightmare – police – BBC News
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- Police have been providing an update after a 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death in Croydon, south London, on her way to school
- The Met’s Ch Supt Andy Brittain says the stabbing is “every parent’s worst nightmare” and officers’ thoughts are with the family of the girl
- He says she cannot be identified at this point
- The attack took place at Wellesley Road at about 08:30 BST on Wednesday
- A teenage boy, believed to be known to the victim, was arrested shortly after the girl died at 09:21 BST, and a murder inquiry has begun
- One eyewitness described seeing a bus driver and a woman trying to resuscitate the girl on the pavement
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-london-66938640
