Flowers left at scene where 15-year-old Eliyanna Andam was fatally stabbed on her way to school

Flowers have been left at the scene in Croydon, where a 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death on her way to school on Wednesday morning.

Named locally as GCSE student Eliyanna Andam, the schoolgirl was on her way to Old Palace of John Whitgift School in Croydon when she was attacked and killed on Wednesday morning.

Eliyanna was reportedly stabbed in the neck after stepping in to “protect her friend” who it is claimed had rejected flowers from an ex-boyfriend.

A boy who is believed to have known the victim was arrested a short while later in the Croydon area, the Met Police confirmed.