POLICE NAME TEEN FOUND STABBED IN CITY

THE teenager who was found stabbed to death in Wood End on Wednesday night has been named.

Babacar Diagne, 15, was living in Coventry at the time of the incident but previously resided in Sutton Coldfield.

Babacar was found collapsed on grassland off Petitor Crescent at around 7pm.

Emergency services did all they could to save him but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

A post mortem examination revealed he had been stabbed multiple times.

West Midlands Police officers arrested a 15-year-old boy from Coventry on suspicion of murder.

The boy was detained from an address in the Canley area of the city along with five other people who have been detained on suspicion of assisting an offender.

The reason behind the attack is not clear, but homicide detectives are working on a number of possible motives.

They have already completed local enquiries and spoken to several witnesses.

Police say CCTV has also been seized for examination and work continues to sift through the many hours of footage.

Tributes were laid at Jubilee Crescent Community Centre for Babacar.

Detective Chief Inspector Scott Griffiths from the police Homicide Unit is leading the investigation.

He said: “We have a team of officers working solely on this enquiry. There is lots of work going on behind the scenes to understand exactly what happened and who is responsible.

“We are determined to get justice for Babacar and his family, as I’m sure the communities of Coventry are too.”

He went on: “I would urge anyone who suspects they know who’s involved, or if anyone has overheard a conversation about the stabbing or saw anything suspicious near Petitor Crescent on Wednesday night, to please get in touch.

“If anyone was driving through the Petitor Crescent area between 6-8pm on Wednesday and has dash-cam footage then we’d also ask them to get in touch on 101 or message us on Live Chat via the website.

“Or information can be passed anonymously to the charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555111. Callers won’t be asked for their names and calls cannot be traced.”