Teenage boy fatally stabs 15-year-old girl for rejecting flowers
In a heartbreaking incident, a teenage girl from a prestigious private school lost her life after being stabbed in a shocking turn of events. The incident took place on Wednesday morning around 8:30 a.m. in front of a bustling shopping center on Wellesley Road, a major thoroughfare in Croydon’s central business district.
The victim, an unidentified 15-year-old student from the Old Palace of John Whitgift school, was attacked shortly after she declined flowers offered by a boy. The staff at her school expressed deep shock and sorrow at the senseless and tragic death of their student.
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According to witnesses present at the scene, a skirmish erupted between the girl, her friends, and students from a nearby school, which escalated from a bus to the sidewalk.
A witness recounted observing the horrific act of the girl being stabbed after rejecting the boy’s floral gesture. Despite the heroic attempts of the public and emergency personnel to save her life, she was tragically found dead on the pavement.
Law enforcement authorities have taken a 17-year-old boy into custody, and Chief Superintendent Andy Brittain confirmed his detainment during a press conference at the Croydon incident site. The investigation into this shocking incident is ongoing.