A 16-year-old boy is due to appear in court charged with murder after a teenager was stabbed to death on a street in Birmingham.
Hazrat Umar, 18, died of his injuries at the scene in Bordesley Green on Monday. He was the third teenager to die in a stabbing incident in the city in 12 days.
A teenager was arrested and charged following Umar’s death, West Midlands police said.
He was due to appear at Birmingham magistrates court on Thursday.
The victim’s family said in a statement: “Hazrat Umar was so very loved by all his family, especially his parents. The emptiness we feel after losing Hazrat can’t be described.
“Hazrat brought warmth, kindness and love to all his family and friends. Nothing can take away the pain of his untimely and tragic departure.”
Umar was a relative of Nazir Afzal OBE, a former prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service in Greater Manchester.
DI Michelle Allen from West Midlands police’s homicide department said: “This is a tragic loss of the life of a popular local young man.
“We continue to support Hazrat’s family at this very sad time. I appeal to anyone who has any information and has not yet come forward to contact us at the earliest opportunity.”
His death came five days after 16-year-old Abdullah Muhammad was discovered fatally wounded near a park in Small Heath.
Sidali Mohamed, 16, died in hospital on 15 February after being attacked outside a college in Balsall Heath.
