Teenager arrested over boy’s death also being held for assault on woman
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A teenager arrested on suspicion of murdering a 12-year-old boy in Birmingham is also being held in connection with an assault on an elderly woman in the same area of the city on Sunday, police have said. In a press conference on Wednesday, West Midlands Police Chief Superintendent Richard North, the policing commander for Birmingham, said the 14-year-old suspect accused of stabbing the boy in the stomach near Scribers Lane in Hall Green shortly after 3pm on Tuesday is also being held in connection with an assault on a woman aged in her 80s on Sunday afternoon, which was reported to police.
The 12-year-old boy, who has not been named but was a pupil at Christ Church, Church of England Secondary Academy in Yardley Wood, was said to have been walking through The Shire Country Park on his 10-minute route home when he was stabbed. Chief Superintendent North said a passer-by had attempted to help the boy amid the “chaotic and absolutely traumatic scene”, adding: “Sadly, despite the best efforts of police officers and paramedics who treated him at the scene, he lost his life later that day at about 7.30pm.
Mr North told reporters: “As a result of urgent inquiries, a boy aged 14 has been arrested. That happened at 7pm yesterday at an address in Birmingham. “He remains in custody and has been arrested on suspicion of murder. The same 14-year-old has also been arrested for another assault, for an unrelated matter. He is also in custody for that.”.
