Police have said they fear further “serious youth violence” after a 14-year-old boy was stabbed to death on a bus in south-east London.

A police manhunt is underway after a 14-year-old schoolboy was stabbed to death on a bus in southeast London. The teenager was treated at the scene in Woolwich but died soon after medics arrived, the Met Police said.

An investigation has been launched after the fatal stabbing of a teenage boy on a bus this afternoon. Police were called at 14:28hrs on Tuesday, 7 January