Two teenage boys have been charged with the murder of 13-year-old stabbing victim Jahziah Coke, who died in Oldbury last Thursday, West Midlands Police said.
The youngster was found with fatal injuries after police were called to a home on Lovett Avenue in the town, five miles west of Birmingham city centre, at around 4pm on August 29.
Police arrested two teenagers, whose ages have not been released, on suspicion of murder on Sunday.
The boys, who cannot be named for legal reasons, have now been charged.
A man in his forties who was also taken into police custody has been charged with assisting an offender.
Police at the scene of the stabbing on Lovett Avenue in Oldbury. Two teenagers have been charged with murder
Tributes were left outside the house in Oldbury on Friday (pictured: flowers and candles left on the doorstep)
Police officers could be seen at the rear of the property in Lovett Avenue on Friday after the killing the day before
A police officer standing guard outside the house where Jahziah Coke was killed on Thursday
All three are expected to appear before Birmingham magistrates later today and police say they are not looking for anyone else in connection with Jahziah’s death.
In a tribute issued via West Midlands Police, the 13-year-old’s mother said: ‘Jahziah was a very polite, kind and family-orientated young man.
‘He was very loving and always smiling. His smile would light up the room. He was very kind-hearted.’
The family is being supported by specialist officers. Tributes were left outside the house in the wake of the attack.
Friends of the youngster also organised a balloon release in his memory, which took place on Sunday night.
Pals released blue balloons and set off blue and red flares outside the house, which was still contained within a police cordon.
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