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'It's so sad my stabbed classmate has died'

A classmate of a 12-year-old boy who was stabbed to death in Birmingham has described him as kind, helpful and welcoming as tributes continue.

Leo Ross was found near Scribers Lane in the Hall Green area of the city at about 15:40 GMT on Tuesday. He had been stabbed in the stomach and died in hospital a few hours later.

A 14-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of murder. Police said he was also suspected of involvement in an unrelated assault on a woman in her 80s on 19 January, and had been detained over that matter too.

Hana, who was in the same class as Leo at Christ Church C of E Secondary Academy, said of his passing: "I think it's really sad and ridiculous that this has happened."

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