A teenager who was stabbed in front of horrified passengers on a Woolwich bus has been named as online rapper 'Grippa' - who released a track on Christmas titled 'Bangers & Mash'

Aspiring rapper Kelyan Bokassa was fatally injured on a route 472 bus in Woolwich Church Street, near Woolwich Ferry, just before 2.30pm on Tuesday. On Wednesday evening, around 40 mourners, including friends of the victim, gathered at a vigil held at St Mary Magdalene Church, which overlooks the bus stop where Kelyan died.

An investigation has been launched after the fatal stabbing of a teenage boy on a bus this afternoon. Police were called at 14:28hrs on Tuesday, 7 January

The local community has paid tribute to a 14-year-old boy with a “pure heart” who was stabbed to death on a bus in Woolwich.

A police manhunt is underway after a 14-year-old schoolboy was stabbed to death on a bus in southeast London. The teenager was treated at the scene in Woolwich but died soon after medics arrived, the Met Police said.