Tributes have been paid to a 12-year-old boy stabbed to death in Birmingham.
The boy has been named as Leo Ross by police.
The West Midlands force said he was stabbed in the stomach and found near Scribers Lane in Hall Green.
He was found at around 15.40 on Tuesday and died in hospital later.
Leo, a pupil at Christ Church C of E Secondary Academy, was a “lively and happy young man” and “had many very good friends”, executive head teacher Diane Henson said.
A 14-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
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