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Christina Edkins stabbing: Bus passengers 'heard screaming' | Christina Edkins stabbing: Bus passengers 'heard screaming' |
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Passengers on the lower deck of a bus where a girl was stabbed to death heard screaming but thought it was teenagers messing about, police have said. | Passengers on the lower deck of a bus where a girl was stabbed to death heard screaming but thought it was teenagers messing about, police have said. |
Officers said they believed the attack on Christina Edkins during Thursday morning's rush hour in Birmingham appeared to be "random and senseless". | Officers said they believed the attack on Christina Edkins during Thursday morning's rush hour in Birmingham appeared to be "random and senseless". |
A 22-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering the 16-year-old who was attacked on the bus's top deck. | A 22-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering the 16-year-old who was attacked on the bus's top deck. |
Police said they were still searching for the murder weapon. | Police said they were still searching for the murder weapon. |
Officers have until 01:00 GMT on Saturday either to charge or release the man they have in custody. | Officers have until 01:00 GMT on Saturday either to charge or release the man they have in custody. |
Three people | Three people |
They said the suspect, a British national with links to Walsall, was not known to mental health units in the area and has no known link to the teenager. | |
Christina was stabbed once in the chest on the bus on Hagley Road while on her way to school in Halesowen. | |
A woman claiming to have witnessed the attack on the bus said she waited for the girl's attacker to get off the vehicle before performing CPR on the teenager. | |
Writing on Facebook, Stephanie Bent said: "I gave CPR until medics arrived and am deeply traumatised I could not save her. I certainly wasn't going to confront a knifeman knowing he had just stabbed someone I thought he may stab me too, all I cared about was getting up to the girl to help." | |
Police have said they "urgently" need to speak to all of the 16 people who were on the bus at the time of the attack, at about 07:30 GMT. | |
In a press conference Det Supt Richard Baker said police have been "overwhelmed" by the public response, which had provided the investigation with "crucial information". | |
He said there had been three people on the top deck of the bus at the time of the attack - Christina, her attacker and another man, who has been identified. | |
Mr Baker said the suspect "calmly waited to get off the bus" after Christina was attacked. | |
Detectives called for anyone who might have seen the suspect travelling on buses around the Birmingham area after the stabbing to get in touch. | |
Floral tributes | |
Counsellors have been brought into Leasowes High School, where Christina was a pupil, to support pupils and staff. | Counsellors have been brought into Leasowes High School, where Christina was a pupil, to support pupils and staff. |
Throughout the day, pupils and people living nearby have been leaving flowers, soft toys and balloons outside the school gates. | Throughout the day, pupils and people living nearby have been leaving flowers, soft toys and balloons outside the school gates. |
The school said it thanked "everyone for many offers of support" and extended heartfelt sympathy to Christina's family. | The school said it thanked "everyone for many offers of support" and extended heartfelt sympathy to Christina's family. |
Friends of the teenager also gathered to pay their respects at Hagley Road, where a growing number of floral tributes have also been placed. | |
A book of remembrance has been opened at nearby St Peter's Church, in Lapal, Halesowen, where people can go to light a candle. | A book of remembrance has been opened at nearby St Peter's Church, in Lapal, Halesowen, where people can go to light a candle. |
Several supermarkets in Halesowen have started collections for Christina's family. | Several supermarkets in Halesowen have started collections for Christina's family. |