Christina Edkins,a 16-year-old student at Leasowes High School in Halesowen, West Midlands has been killed after being stabbed on a bus in Birmingham.
Detectives launched a murder inquiry following the attack on the bus on the Hagley Road leading out of the city.
West Midlands Ambulance Service said it was called to an emergency on board a bus in Edgbaston shortly after 7.35am.
The victim,Christina Edkins died at the scene.
Police have arrested a 22-year-old man on suspicion of murder.
He was held near a Morrison's supermarket following a manhunt launched after the killing on a crowded double-decker bus at around 7.30am as Christina made her way to school.
Police said the man was chased and arrested after being seen acting suspiciously and was being held on suspicion of murder.
Christina Edkins posted a tweet about a "worrying" man on the bus just weeks before she was stabbed to death on her way to school, The Huffington Post UK can reveal.
On 8 February, the Birmingham schoolgirl tweeted
@ChristinaEdkins
Christina
This man is worrying me on the bus keeps getting up and walking up and down stairs, and sitting in different place :|
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