Image copyright Met Police A 15 – year-old boy has been charged with murder following the fatal stabbing of another 15 – year-old near a London shopping center.
Baptista Adjei, from North Woolwich, was found critically injured on Stratford Broadway, east London, shortly after 15: 20 BST on Thursday.
Police said a 15 – year-old boy who handed himself in to a police station was charged with murder on Saturday .
He will appear in Stratford Youth Court on Monday.
Scotland Yard previously said officers believed Baptista and a 15 – year-old friend were either attacked on a bus, or shortly after getting off.
Baptista’s friends and members of the public provided first aid but he died at the scene at about 15: 50, police said.
The teenager’s former football team, Mindset FC, tweeted that Baptista was a “very humble boy, with great manners and very talented “.
It added:” Dark moment at Mindset as one of our former players from the U 16 s last season went to sleep today at Stratford due to knife crime.
“All of us at Mindset have the family in our thoughts and prayers. RIP Bap. “
There have been more than 110 homicides in the capital this year, with about 70 of those being fatal stabbings.
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