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| Birmingham stabbing: Manhunt as girl killed on Hagley Road bus | Birmingham stabbing: Manhunt as girl killed on Hagley Road bus |
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| A city-wide manhunt is under way after a 16-year-old girl was stabbed to death on a rush-hour bus on one of Birmingham's busiest roads. | A city-wide manhunt is under way after a 16-year-old girl was stabbed to death on a rush-hour bus on one of Birmingham's busiest roads. |
| Police are looking for a black male in his late teens or early 20s in dark clothing after the "sporadic attack" on the Hagley Road at 07:40 GMT. | Police are looking for a black male in his late teens or early 20s in dark clothing after the "sporadic attack" on the Hagley Road at 07:40 GMT. |
| He was thought to be wearing a jacket with a tiger design or other logo on and carrying a white carrier bag. | He was thought to be wearing a jacket with a tiger design or other logo on and carrying a white carrier bag. |
| Officers believe the girl was on her way to school when she was stabbed. | Officers believe the girl was on her way to school when she was stabbed. |
| Det Supt Richard Baker urged anyone who saw the man, who was believed to be wearing dark jeans and possibly a white bandage on one hand, not to approach him. | |
| Mr Baker said every specialist officer in the city was involved in a "manhunt operation" for the suspect. | Mr Baker said every specialist officer in the city was involved in a "manhunt operation" for the suspect. |
| He said officers were pursuing the possibility the attacker was known to the girl but said the murder investigation was still in its "very early stages" and said they did not want to speculate on the motive. | He said officers were pursuing the possibility the attacker was known to the girl but said the murder investigation was still in its "very early stages" and said they did not want to speculate on the motive. |
| The bus has been taken away from the scene, near the Five Ways junction of the Hagley Road and the road has reopened. | The bus has been taken away from the scene, near the Five Ways junction of the Hagley Road and the road has reopened. |
| 'Distressed and distraught' | 'Distressed and distraught' |
| Mr Baker said the girl's family were "distressed and distraught" at the news. | Mr Baker said the girl's family were "distressed and distraught" at the news. |
| Officers said they were examining all CCTV in the area. | |
| Earlier, drivers reported traffic queues of about five miles backing up from Five Ways to where the Hagley Road meets the M5 at junction three. | |
| A spokesman from National Express West Midlands said: "We can confirm that a tragic incident took place on a number 9 service this morning. | A spokesman from National Express West Midlands said: "We can confirm that a tragic incident took place on a number 9 service this morning. |
| "Our thoughts and condolences are with the family of the person involved and we will offer all possible support to the police in their investigation into the matter." | "Our thoughts and condolences are with the family of the person involved and we will offer all possible support to the police in their investigation into the matter." |
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