The Latest Breaking News from Marie Bokassa

Convictions after two young friends killed in machete attacks months apart

Both killings had been linked to street gang culture with Daejaun described as being exploited and groomed by older youths.

Evening Standard · Jul 30, 2025

Two teens jailed over machete murder of 14-year-old on London bus

Attack reignited concern around the ongoing problem of knife crime that has plagued the British capital for years.

Al Jazeera · Jul 26, 2025

Mother of murdered schoolboy accuses government of losing control of London's streets

Kelyan Bokassa was stabbed around 27 times in an attack on January 7 as he travelled on a route 472 bus in Woolwich

Evening Standard · Jul 25, 2025

Machete-wielding youths who smiled as they fatally stabbed schoolboy jailed for life

The defendants, who cannot be named, boarded the bus 20 minutes later each armed with identical machetes hidden in their clothes.

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2025

Mother of murdered schoolboy fears she may ‘never recover’ from son’s loss

Ms Bokassa added that she had spent her son’s 15th birthday at his graveside and that she missed everything about him

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2025

Consequences of moment of violence are ‘eternal’, boy’s mother tells killers

Aspiring rapper Kelyan Bokassa was stabbed around 27 times in the attack that lasted around 14 seconds as he travelled on a route 472 bus in Woolwich.

Evening Standard · Jul 25, 2025

Boy said ‘I want my mum’ after being fatally wounded in machete attack on bus

Aspiring rapper Kelyan Bokassa was repeatedly stabbed as he travelled on a route 472 bus in Woolwich, south-east London, on January 7.

Evening Standard · Jul 25, 2025

OPINION - Kelyan Bokassa's death was a London tragedy: now we must ask the hard questions

The awful thing is, Marie Bokassa was not surprised by what happened to her boy. Kelyan, 14, was knifed to death on the 472 bus in Woolwich in front of appalled fellow passengers at 2.30pm in the afternoon this week. She had, she said, been expecting the visit from the…

Evening Standard · Jan 10, 2025