British police have arrested a teenager in their investigation into the stabbing to death this week of a 15-year-old boy outside his London school.
Kiyan Prince was fatally wounded outside the London Academy in Edgware, north-west London, as pupils were going home on Thursday. He was taken to a hospital but died from his wounds.
Media said the boy was stabbed after stepping in to break up a fight.
Scotland Yard said on Saturday they had arrested a 16-year-old boy in connection with their inquiry.
Prince was a youth team player at the London Championship football club Queens Park Rangers (QPR).
"He was a great lad, a terrific prospect and it's a huge setback for everyone that knew him," head of youth Joe Gallen said on the QPR Web site.
Chairman Gianni Paladini said the club would do everything it could to help the family through "this terrible time".
The school's principal Phil Hearne said staff and children were devastated by the attack in what he described as a safe and quiet area.
"This was a lovely young man," he said. "He was looked up to by youngsters here, terribly well respected, an extremely reliable, hard working, bright young man -- a natural born leader."
