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Teenage boy stabs girl, 15, to death after she rejected flowers from him

Reports say that a teenage girl from a prestigious private school was fatally stabbed to death just moments after rejecting flowers from a boy.

On Wednesday at around 8:30 a.m., a 15-year-old unidentified victim was attacked in front of a shopping center on the busy Wellesley Road, which passes through Croydon’s central business district.

Teenage boy stabs girl, 15, to death after she rejected flowers from him
Boy stabs girl for rejecting his flowers. Photo source: Daily Mail

The Old Palace of John Whitgift school confirmed the victim was a student and stated staff members are shocked by her “senseless and tragic death.“.

Eyewitnesses at the scene claimed that the girl, her friends, and students from a different nearby school got into a fight on a bus, which then spilled over onto the sidewalk.

One witness reported seeing the girl get stabbed after she turned down a boy’s offer of flowers.

Despite valiant efforts by the general public and emergency personnel to save her, she was found dead on the pavement.

A 17-year-old boy was detained and is still in police custody, according to Chief Superintendent Andy Brittain, who spoke at a press conference at the scene in Croydon.

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