Walthamstow pupil stabbed near school named as teen arrested

A 16-year-old schoolboy who was stabbed to decease aft leaving his schoolhouse successful north-east London, has been named by police.

Renell Charles, a pupil astatine Kelmscott School successful Walthamstow, was attacked soon aft the extremity of the time connected Friday.

A teenage boy, 16, was arrested connected Sunday aft attending a constabulary station, the Met said.

The unit added the onslaught was witnessed by different pupils.

Officers and the London Air Ambulance were called to Markhouse Road but the teen died successful the thoroughfare astatine 16:39 BST.

In a statement, a Met spokesperson said Mr Charles lived locally and that his household were being supported by specially trained officers.

Det Ch Insp Mark Rogers said: "We are alert that this brutal onslaught took spot adjacent a school, and was witnessed by galore bystanders and young people.

"My thoughts are with them arsenic they travel to presumption with seeing specified an enactment of unit unfold and I would inquire anyone with footage oregon images to bash the close happening and nonstop them into my squad of detectives."

A post-mortem introspection took spot connected Saturday and recovered Mr Charles' origin of decease to beryllium a stab coiled to the chest.

Headteacher Sam Jones said the onslaught marked the "darkest of days" for the schoolhouse community.

"A Kelmscott pupil was tragically killed successful a senseless weapon attack," helium said.

"Kelmscott is simply a ample and tight-knit household and this nonaccomplishment volition beryllium felt for a agelong clip to come. I cognize we volition travel unneurotic arsenic a assemblage and enactment 1 different done this."