A tragic teenager exchanged heartfelt messages with his girlfriend just minutes before he was stabbed to death in a "truly shocking" attack near his school gates.
Khayri McLean, 15, who has been described as a "wonderful student" who ‘hated knives’, was struck as he walked home on Wednesday before his alleged attacker fled the scene, leaving his victim dying in a pool of blood.
The youngster was then taken by air ambulance to a trauma centre at Leeds General Infirmary, where he later died, reports the Mirror.
Following the traumatic event, a 16-year-old was arrested two miles away in the early hours of Thursday morning after armed police descended on his family home at 5am.Today, Khayri’s distraught mum broke down in tears after she returned to the scene.
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