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Kelyan Bokassa was fatally stabbed by two teenagers on a bus
Two teenagers have been given life sentences for murdering 14-year-old Kelyan Bokassa who was attacked with machetes on a bus in south-east London.
Aspiring rapper Kelyan Bokassa was fatally stabbed on a route 472 bus in Woolwich, south-east London, on 7 January.
He had been sitting on the back seat of the bus on the upper deck when the two youths boarded and attacked him with identical "lengthy machetes" while smiling, the Old Bailey heard.
The defendants, now 16, previously pleaded guilty to Kelyan's murder and possessing a knife. They were both sentenced to serve a minimum term of 15 years and 10 months.
In a victim impact statement read in court, Kelyan's mother Marie Bokassa said: "I stand here not just as a mother but as a broken soul whose life changed forever the day my child's life was taken from me by another child."
The court was told the youths appeared to have been tipped off that Kelyan was on the bus before they boarded.
Members of the public sobbed loudly and hid their faces as footage of the attack on Kelyan was shown in court, while the defendants gave no visible reaction in the dock.
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