Nine arrested after 19-year-old student stabbed and killed outside uni campus

Nine people have been arrested after a student was stabbed to death outside the University of Northampton campus.

Police were called to the incident, which started on the university campus in the East Midlands, at around 8:40pm this Sunday. Paramedics arrived on the scene but tragically the 19-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene.

The victim has been identified as Kwabena Osei-Poku – who was from Peterborough, and had been studying advertising and digital marketing at the uni.

Four people, two 19-year-old men and two 18-year-old women, were arrested in connection to the incident but have since been released on bail, whilst three 19-year-old men, one 18-year-old man and one 19-year-old woman all remain in custody.

via SWNS

The university’s vice chancellor, Anne-Marie Kilday, said staff had been left “heartbroken” by the student’s “senseless” death. She said: “We are heartbroken at the senseless death of Kwabena Osei-Poku – known affectionately as Alfred.

“I have heard from Alfred’s advertising and digital marketing foundation tutors, who tell me he was working on a project investigating the growth of technological tools used in marketing, and was on the route to succeed in his studies.

“His fellow students and all staff at the University of Northampton are devastated by this news, and once again extend our deepest sympathies to his friends, family and all those who knew him. We will now focus on support for the University community as we try to deal with this tragic loss of life.”

Det Insp Simon Barnes from Northamptonshire Police said: “This continues to be an exceptionally fast-paced investigation with detectives following multiple lines of enquiry in order to piece together the events which led to the death of this young man. ”

This story is being updated. 

If you have any information in regards to this case, please contact Northamptonshire Police on 101 and use incident number 23000244815. Alternatively, you can call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.

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