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| Mother pays tribute to son killed on London bus | Mother pays tribute to son killed on London bus |
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| Mary Bokassa with her son, Kelyan, who was stabbed to death on Tuesday | Mary Bokassa with her son, Kelyan, who was stabbed to death on Tuesday |
| A 14-year-old boy who was stabbed to death on a bus in south-east London loved music and cared about the people around him, his mother said in a tearful tribute. | A 14-year-old boy who was stabbed to death on a bus in south-east London loved music and cared about the people around him, his mother said in a tearful tribute. |
| Kelyan Bokassa was also kind and good at football, his mother Mary Bokassa told the BBC. | |
| He died shortly after being attacked on a 472 double-decker bus on Woolwich Church Street at about 14:30 GMT on Tuesday. | |
| No arrests have been made, but detectives say they are working "at pace" to find those responsible. | No arrests have been made, but detectives say they are working "at pace" to find those responsible. |
| Kelyan was kind and good at football, his mother Mary Bokassa said | |
| Speaking to the BBC from her flat in Greenwich, Ms Bokassa said her son was "caring, very caring". | |
| "He cares about the people around him. He loved to have his friends around and when they were round he would want to cook for them," she said. | |
| "He was very articulate. | |
| "He knows what he likes and knows how to express it. | |
| "He was good in music. Anything he loves... he was doing to his best ability. He was good at football... and he was was extremely good at drawing." | |
| Ms Bokassa said her son was very caring | |
| Police, paramedics and the London Air Ambulance were called to the scene after the alert was raised by an officer on patrol. | Police, paramedics and the London Air Ambulance were called to the scene after the alert was raised by an officer on patrol. |
| Medics tried to treat the boy's injuries, but he died soon afterwards. | Medics tried to treat the boy's injuries, but he died soon afterwards. |
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