A hero schoolgirl who was stabbed to death while protecting her friend from an ex has been identified as tributes were paid to the “beautiful soul”.
: “She went to a private school paid by sister and had a great future ahead of her. She wanted to be a lawyer. She also loved gymnastics and doing her hair.“We can’t comprehend the heartbreak of the last 24 hours. She went to school and didn’t come home."
Asked if parents should be held partially responsible for violent children, as well as police and local and city authorities, Mr Holden agreed, but added: "It’s incumbent on us all actually, if we know of situations like this or people carrying knives, we really do have to report them and get it stopped...Roads Minister Richard Holden on Croydon stabbing
A 17-year-old boy thought to have been known to the victim was arrested in New Addington in south London yesterday. Detectives have been given extra time to question the 17-year-old.The girl and her attacker ended up on the pavement and she was stabbed there. "They received a call to come to the scene shortly after the incident happened. Unfortunately they [were not] able to arrive in time [before she died]."
An envelope had written on it: "I love you so much and I never met someone with a better smile and better eyes than what you have, special girl".Police and paramedics surround Croydon bus amid reports 'a schoolgirl' has been 'stabbed'
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