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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Margaret Davis

Family of teenage girl killed in rush hour horror expresses heartbreak

The family of a 15-year-old girl fatally stabbed on her way to school has paid tribute to “the light of our lives”.

Elianne Andam was wounded in the neck after getting off a bus in Croydon, south London at around 8.30am on Wednesday, with members of the public rushing to try to save her.

On Thursday, her family said in a statement through police: “Our hearts are broken by the senseless death of our daughter.

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