Chief suspect in teenage bus stabbing pictured on morning of schoolgirl's brutal murder

A post mortem today revealed Christina Edkins, 16, who had tweeted of fears about men following her on public transport, died from a single stab wound to the chest on the bus in Birmingham city centre. Hours later, a 22-year-old man was arrested 100 yards from where the attack took place and is being quizzed at a police station in the city on suspicion of murder. Detectives are urging anyone who saw the man, described as black and in his early 20s and was wearing a black hoodie with a distinctive 'tiger' motif, to urgently get in touch.

Detectives investigating the death of a teenager fatally stabbed on a bus as she travelled to school yesterday have released a photo of their prime suspect to help them trace his movements. 

Wearing a black hoodie with a distinctive 'tiger' motif, the man was captured on CCTV getting off a bus in Birmingham city centre on the morning Christina Edkins, 16, was brutally murdered.

The schoolgirl, who had tweeted of fears about men following her on public transport weeks earlier, was in her uniform on the top deck of the Number 9 bus when she was killed by a single stab wound to the chest, police said.

Hours later, a 22-year-old man was arrested after he was spotted 'acting furtively' 100 yards from where the attack took place. He was today being questioned at a police station in the city on suspicion of murder.