Devastating pictures of huge crime scene after girl, 15, stabbed to death on school bus
The shocking images after a schoolgirl was stabbed to death reveals the mass response from the emergency services as police investigate the crime.
The first pictures following the fatal stabbing of a teenage girl who was riding a bus to school in Croydon, reveals emergency services swarming over the scene.
On Wednesday morning a bus carrying school children was in the direction of Streatham Station, before the deadly knife attack took place.
Reports suggest the private schoolgirl, named locally as Eliyanna, was killed after "splitting from a boy".
Police and paramedics rushed to the scene in Croydon, south London after initial reports of the horror attack at 8.30am.
Eye-witnesses report that an argument between two boys began on a bus before spilling out onto the street. The young girl, who had broken up with her boyfriend the day before, is then said to have rejected flowers before she was fatally stabbed in the neck, reports suggest.
A nearby hotel manager tried to save the girl, but was unable to.
Speaking to Express.co.uk, the manager's colleague, who took over the front desk, Beldine Kutima, 26, said that her boss came rushing back into the hotel after she saw the bloody ordeal .
Beldine explained that her manager, called Malaika, demanded "towels" when she came in from the bus stop and then "ran out with it". She said her boss "saw blood" and "was just in shock" after attempting to save the teenage girl, who was a pupil at Old Palace of John Whitgift school, a private girls' school nearby.
Detailing her horror at the situation that took place in eyeshot of her place of work, the hotel employee said: "It's devastating, I can't even do my job properly. It's scary." Reflecting on the youthful victim, she added: "Imagine, they were just going to school. Oh my god, my brain can’t think."
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TfL workers are "being supported" after witnessing horrific attack.
A TfL spokesperson said: "Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the girl who was tragically killed in this horrific incident.
"We are working with the police to assist them with their investigation and to provide CCTV.
"Colleagues who have been affected by the incident are being supported."
Following the stabbing, an arrest has been made.
Chief Superintendent Andy Brittain, in charge of local policing, said: "Our immediate thoughts are with this young girl’s family who are facing the most tragic of news. Our officers are with the girl’s family to support them.
"I am in contact with the local community, who are clearly as concerned as we are about this tragic incident. I shall continue to update them throughout the day. My officers were immediately on scene to provide first aid and support paramedics."
He added: "Acting on information provided to them, officers also worked closely with colleagues from across the Met and the British Transport Police to track a teenager in connection with the stabbing. I can confirm that an arrest was made at about 09:45hrs in the Croydon area. At this early stage we believe that he may have known her.
"A crime scene will be in place for some time, and I am grateful for the cooperation of residents."
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