Oh god it was a child, 15 enroute to school on the bus !!!, I've never let any of my kids use the school bus service because I dont think they are mechanically fit for purpose, but this is another good reason not to rely on buses.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...-hour.html
Birmingham twinned with London and Beruit !!
The city centre attack comes just a few months after two Big Issue sellers were stabbed to death in broad daylight in the middle of the city centre.
In May 2001, 16-year-old Rosemarie Ross was stabbed to death as she sunbathed in the sunshine in Centenary Square, Birmingham."
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