Youth charged with 14-year old murder

Updated 16.25 Mon Mar 31 2008
Keywords: Amro Elbadawi, stabbing, west London, murder, teenager

A 16-year-old boy has appeared in court charged with the murder of a 14-year-old.

Amro Elbadawi was stabbed in the neck on his way home from school and died in hospital.

Amro Elbadawi was stabbed in the neck on his way home from school and died in hospital

The suspect, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared before magistrates in west London and was remanded in custody.

Amro was stabbed as he walked home from Paddington Academy in Queen's Park, west London.

Despite attempts by paramedics to save his life, he died in hospital about an hour after the attack.

The schoolboy, a British national with family originating from Egypt, lived on the Mozart estate in west Kilburn, London.

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