Police have launched a murder investigation after a teenage boy was stabbed to death in a park in broad daylight.<br /><br />The victim was knifed in West Park in Wolverhampton at around 4.30pm on Thursday (7/3).<br /><br />Police and paramedics scrambled to the scene but the boy died a short time later.<br /><br />Officers are working to establish the identity of the youngster as detectives "work flat out" to catch the killer.<br /><br />Chief Superintendent Richard Fisher, of West Midlands Police, said: "It's absolutely tragic that we have lost another young life to knife crime. <br /><br />“Our enquiries are at a very early stage, and we have detectives working flat out to find whoever is responsible and bring them into custody as soon as possible.<br /><br />“We'll be increasing patrols and offering reassurance to the community, and supporting everyone affected, over the coming days.”<br /><br />Anyone with information can contact police via Live Chat or call 101, quoting log 3259 of 7 March.<br /><br />The killing comes six years after a teenage girl was brutally murdered in the same park.<br /><br />In 2018, 14-year-old Viktorija Sokolova was killed by 17-year-old Ayman Aziz in a terrifying rape and murder that shocked the nation.<br /><br />She was mercilessly bludgeoned to death after being lured to a late-night rendezvous at the park's wooden pavilion, nicknamed the 'black house.'
