Thursday - March 07, 2013
Peaceful, Loving England
Tributes were paid today to a 16-year-old girl stabbed to death as she travelled to school on a busy bus in Birmingham city centre.
Christina Edkins was attacked on the top deck of the number 9 First West Midlands service as it pulled into a stop on the Hagley Road at 7.37am.
She had only been on the bus for a matter of minutes as she made her way to Leasowes High School in Halesowen.
Officers and paramedics rushed to the scene after the bus driver reported that a passenger had been wounded.
But despite frantic efforts to resuscitate her, she was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 22-year-old man was arrested a short distance away on suspicion of her murder at 12.20pm - around five hours after the attack.
He was held near Morrisons in Harborne Road during a foot chase after officers spotted someone acting ‘furtively’ who fitted the description of the suspect.
Police had earlier described the suspect as ‘extremely dangerous’ and feared he may still be carrying weapons.
Detective Superintendent Richard Baker, of West Midlands Police, said they had been looking for a black man in his late teens or early 20s who was wearing a black hoodie with a tiger or leopard motif on the back.
Det Supt Baker said he also had either a white bandage around his right hand or was carrying a small white bag.
Another day, another tragic death. Murder most foul, for no reason whatsoever. But let’s blame the knife. That’s the real culprit.
Read the article, which has lots of (non-gory) pictures, and read the hundreds of comments.
Just last month, on the morning of 8 February, ChristinaEdkins tweeted about a man who was “worrying” her on a bus journey.
She said: “This man is worrying me on the bus keeps getting up and walking up and down stairs, and sitting in different place:|”
Neil Shaw, the headteacher of the school, said: “Christina was a bright and popular student much loved by staff and students alike.
“We are deeply saddened to hear this tragic news and our thoughts and hearts go out to her family and everyone who knew her.
“There will be a high police presence across the city this afternoon following this morning’s tragedy, particularly on buses and in schools in the area to provide reassurance to local people.”
A second man was detained by police in connection with the stabbing but later released without arrest.
Mr Baker said police were investigating the possibility that the murder was a random attack, adding: “We’re looking at a number of motives at the moment.”
This is a terrible, senseless thing. The deranged and violent walk among us, armed. You don’t have to do a thing to become a victim, not even make eye contact. Obviously telling them “no” or telling them not to kill doesn’t work. At all. And even with massive nationwide gun control, horrifying violent crime still goes on every day in the UK. Even if race isn’t a factor at all.
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