Tributes have poured in for a 15-year-old boy who died making an attempt to save lots of his mum from a knife assault.
Jakub Szymansk has been praised as a ‘hero’ who died ‘preventing for his household’ following the vicious assault at a home in Manchester.
He was handled on the scene for stab wounds at round 9.30pm on Thursday earlier than being rushed to hospital, the place he died an hour later.
His mum, Katarzyna Bastek, was additionally left badly injured from the ferocious assault however is now in a secure situation in hospital.
Yesterday night police in Kent arrested a 44-year-old man on suspicion of homicide – 250 miles away from the scene.
Paying tribute to Jakub, one pal informed the Manchester Night Information: ‘There’s not an opportunity that boy isn’t a hero. Everybody right here knew him for being sort and respectful.
‘He was quiet, however he was a protector. He fought for his household. He was an incredible individual, he was a hero and he needs to be remembered as one.’
Detective Chief Inspector Alicia Smith, mentioned: ‘This assault has left a neighborhood reeling and a household coming to phrases with what was a completely devastating incident for everybody concerned.
‘A teenage boy who had his complete life forward of him has tragically misplaced his life and never solely is his mom grieving on the lack of her son, however she can be recovering from what could have been little question, massively traumatic.
‘Our ideas stay very a lot with the household and we're completely dedicated to establishing what precisely occurred final night time.
‘Detectives have been working across the clock since this incident was first reported to us and we’ve now made an arrest which is a big step ahead in getting the household the solutions they want.
‘Our enquiries are on-going and we might nonetheless like to listen to from anybody with data, or anybody who might have seen something.’
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