De Montfort University ‘devastated’ after fatal stabbing of student

The scene at the campus of De Montfort University in Leicester where a ‘very serious incident’ has occurred (Sophie Robinson/PA) - (PA Wire)

A university said it is “devastated” after one of its students was killed in a stabbing just yards from its campus.

Police were called just after 5pm on Tuesday after a report that a man in his 20s had collapsed in Oxford Street, Leicester, close to the junction with Bonners Lane, near De Montfort University (DMU), having been involved in a “confrontation” with another man.