Teenager Arrested After 15-Year-Old Girl Dies in Croydon Stabbing

A male teenager has been arrested, the Metropolitan Police said, after a 15-year-old girl died following a stabbing in Croydon, south London, on Wednesday, September 27.

Footage recorded by @RaguKpathy shows a large emergency services presence at the scene on Wellesley Road.

The Metropolitan Police said officers were called at 8:30 am on Wednesday to reports that a 15-year-old girl had been stabbed.

Despite the efforts of paramedics, the girl was pronounced dead at 9:21 am.

Officers arrested a male in his teens, who was thought to be known to the girl, a police statement said. Credit: @RaguKpathy via Storyful

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