Murder investigation launched after boy, 16, stabbed to death in Huddersfield town centre

A execution probe has been launched aft a 16-year-old lad was stabbed to decease successful wide daylight successful a engaged municipality centre.

The teen suffered a superior cervix wounded aft an onslaught successful Ramsden Street, Huddersfield, astatine astir 2.45pm, West Yorkshire Police said.

The 16-year-old aboriginal died successful infirmary from his injuries. A man, 20, has been arrested connected suspicion of murder.

A 22-year-old pistillate and 20-year-old antheral person besides been arrested connected suspicion of assisting an offender.

The unit has contiguous warned of misinformation circulating connected societal media, specifically X, astir the circumstances of the incidental and the ethnicities of those involved.

Police person urged radical not to speculate and said the stabbing was not pack related oregon linked to immoderate “wider quality betwixt groups”.

Senior Investigating Officer Detective Chief Inspector Damian Roebuck said: “This is simply a tragic incidental wherever a young antheral has mislaid his beingness arsenic a effect of a weapon injury.

“We person a squad of dedicated detectives who are astatine the country and investigating this fatal attack. Our archetypal investigations bash bespeak that it was an isolated incident, and section neighbourhood officers are carrying retired reassurance patrols successful the area.

“I privation to convey witnesses who person travel guardant truthful acold and would impulse anyone who witnessed the incidental oregon has accusation that tin assistance our enquiry to delight travel forward.”

Anyone with accusation astir the incidental has been urged to interaction West Yorkshire Police by calling 101 oregon going online astatine https://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/LiveChat quoting notation 13250187301.