Croydon teen stabbing: what we know so far
A teenage boy allegedly killed a 15-year-old girl as she “tried to protect her friend” in a morning rush-hour knife attack in south London. The schoolgirl, named locally as Eliyanna, was allegedly stabbed in the neck with a “really long knife”, a witness claimed. It is understood that the suspect tried to give his former girlfriend flowers on board a No 60 bus. Tensions are said to have flared when the group stepped off the bus. The alleged victim, believed to be of Nigerian descent and from a Christian family, is said to have intervened to calm the situation before being attacked. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/ Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/ #ukcrime #london #uk #croydon
