Croydon: Girl, 15, stabbed to death on way to school - as teenage boy is arrested

A 17-year-old boy has been arrested after a 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death outside a bus on her way to an independent girls' school.

She was repeatedly stabbed near the Whitgift shopping centre in Croydon, south London, after the attacker produced a knife from his pocket in a dispute over a bag, Sky News understands.

Police responded within two minutes and a 17-year-old boy, who is believed to have been known to the girl, has been arrested over the incident in Wellesley Road.

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/girl-15-stabbed-to-death-in-croydon-12970870

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