Teenager Murdered In Birmingham
25 April 2019, 05:29 | Updated: 25 April 2019, 08:49
An 18 year-old man has been stabbed to death in an area of Birmingham.
West Midlands Police have launched a murder investigation after the teenager was pronounced dead in a street in Harborne.
Officers were alerted by ambulance colleagues who were treating the 18-year-old man for serious injuries in Tennal Road at around 7.15pm on Wednesday (24th).
He was pronounced dead at the scene soon after.
This is what the scene of last night's stabbing in #Harborne looks like this morning
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An 18 year-old was killed & another teen is in custody on suspicion of murder #HeartNews pic.twitter.com/T8riZV7X2M
A 19-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and will be questioned in due course.
A cordon has been put in place to enable investigations to be carried out.
Detective Inspector Michelle Allen, from the force’s homicide team, said: "A young man has sadly lost his life and we are keen to hear from anybody with information which can assist our enquiries."
