Boy fatally stabbed on London bus named as Kelyan Bokassa
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Fourteen-year-old died after he was stabbed on 472 bus to Abbey Wood in south-east of capital on Tuesday afternoon. A 14-year-old boy who was stabbed to death on a London bus has been named by his mother as Kelyan Bokassa. Kelyan was travelling on a 472 bus to Abbey Wood when he was attacked at about 2.30pm on Tuesday as the bus was on Woolwich Church Road.
Paramedics treated him at the scene but he died shortly after they arrived. His mother, Mary Bokassa, told the BBC her son was “caring, very caring”. It quoted her as saying: “He loved to have his friends around and when they were round he would want to cook for them.”.
“He was good in music. Anything he loves … he was doing to his best ability. He was good at football … and he was extremely good at drawing.”. Kelyan was a former pupil at St Columba’s Catholic boys school in Bexleyheath, south-east London. In a statement issued before he had been identified, the school said: “We are saddened by the loss of life in Woolwich yesterday of a young boy who was briefly a pupil of St Columba’s in 2022.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends at this difficult time. Our schools will provide support to any of the students who may be affected by this senseless violence.”. Kelyan was an aspiring rapper who performed under the name Grippa and had recorded a number of tracks online, including Bangers N Basher, which was uploaded to YouTube on Christmas Day.
