A policing update has been issued after two Birmingham city centre stabbings, which left a woman dead and a teen with serious injuries, has rocked the community.

Katie Fox, 34, was stabbed at a bus stop in Smallbrook Queensway last Friday (November 7) and later died.

Djeison Rafael, aged 21, of no fixed address has been charged with Katie’s murder, appearing at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday (November 12). A trial date has been set for May 5 next year.

And another stabbing took place, near the Bullring shopping centre and close to the iconic Bull bronze sculpture, on Thursday (November 13) at around 8pm.

A 17-year-old was stabbed and a spokesman for West Midlands Ambulance Service said: “We were called to reports of a stabbing near to the Bullring at 8.16pm last night.

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