A 16-year-old boy stabbed to death in a city centre has been named for the first time after police charged a 20-year-old man with murder.
Ahmad Mamdouh Al Ibrahim died after being stabbed in the neck in Ramsden Street, Huddersfield, at about 2.45pm on Thursday, West Yorkshire Police said.
The teenager – who police said had only recently moved to the area from south Wales – received a single wound to the neck and died in hospital.
Alfie Franco, 20, of Kirkburton, was charged with murder and possessing a knife in a public place, the force said.
He will appear at Leeds Magistrates’ Court on Saturday.
The boy, 16, was attacked in Ramsden Street, Huddersfield, at about 2.45pm on Thursday, West Yorkshire Police said
Police said the incident was not gang related or linked to any wider dispute between groups.
A 22-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender have been released on bail.
Inquires into the incident are ongoing.
Anyone with information about the incident or helpful footage has been asked to contact HMET by calling 101 or going online and quoting reference 13250187301, or to call independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.
