Boy, 12, fatally stabbed ‘as he walked home through country park’
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A “funny and sweet” 12-year-old boy was stabbed to death as he walked home in Birmingham, a family member has said. The boy, who has not been named, was found with serious injuries near Scribers Lane in Hall Green shortly after 3pm on Tuesday and was taken to hospital, but died as a result of his injuries.
A boy aged 14 has been arrested on suspicion of murder, West Midlands Police said. In a written statement issued to BBC News, a member of the victim’s family described him as “the most beautiful, kind child”, and “the nicest kid you would meet”.
The family member added that the boy was “funny, sweet and had not one aggressive bone in his body”, and had been walking a 10-minute route home. Police have cordoned off several entrances to the Shire Country Park, which includes a stretch of the River Cole.
Residents living near a riverside path leading into a wooded area of the park spoke of their shock at discovering the victim’s age and that he had died from his injuries. One resident, who declined to give her name, said a member of the public had knocked on her door shortly after 3pm on Tuesday asking for the area’s postcode to assist emergency services in reaching the scene.
She told reporters: “The first thing I knew was a gentleman came and asked for the postcode as somebody had been injured. “He just came and knocked the door. “We had two police cars and then a helicopter. I found out somebody had been stabbed last night but it wasn’t till this morning that I realised the poor little soul had died.”.