Report : A 15-year-old girl has been killed on her way to school after being stabbed in Croydon, south London.
A boy aged 17, believed to be known to the victim, was arrested shortly after the girl died .
According a statement from Old Palace of John Whitgift School said it was “deeply shocked”.
The private girls’ school in Croydon said the victim was a “much-loved and valued friend and pupil”.
Reacting to the sad report, The Met Police’s Ch Supt Andy Brittain said the attack was “every parent’s worst nightmare”. “I know the officers who responded this morning, along with our emergency service colleagues, are devastated at the victim’s death.”
He add that the officers were on the scene within two minutes of the call being received and provided emergency first aid. “Within 75 minutes a 17-year-old boy was arrested in New Addington, and remains in custody,” he added.