A 14-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder, following the death of a 12-year-old boy who was stabbed in Birmingham on Tuesday.

A member of the victim’s family described him as “the most beautiful kind child”, and “the nicest kid you would meet”.

The boy was found with serious injuries near Scribers Lane in Hall Green shortly after 15:00 GMT.

He was taken to hospital but died as a result of his injuries.

The family member added that the boy was “funny, sweet and had not one aggressive bone in his body”, and had been walking a 10-minute route home when it happened.

Scribers Lane is a long and busy road, surrounded by houses, shops and local schools, in the suburb of Hall Green.

The attack is believed to have taken place near the railway bridge, which is next to Trittiford Mill Park.

A woman, who did not want to be named, told the BBC that the park was “plagued” with anti-social behaviour, and she often saw groups of young people gathering there being “aggressive and threatening”.

West Midlands Police has appealed for information, as well as photo and video evidence.

The force said the boy’s family were being supported by specialist officers.

Det Insp Joe Davenport said: “If you were in the area at the time and saw what happened, or think you may have captured any part of what happened on dashcam or mobile phone, it’s vital you get in touch.”

Alison Cope’s son Joshua Ribera was stabbed in the heart near a nightclub in Birmingham in 2013, and she now campaigns to stop youth violence.

She told the BBC young people were “scared” of living in the West Midlands.

“They see the headlines of some of the horrific cases that we’ve seen almost every week now.”

Ms Cope said the approach to youth violence in the region was “not working” and the subject needed to be added to the curriculum.

“Children are being killed on the streets of the West Midlands, that’s not a successful outcome as far as I’m concerned.

“We have to make them understand, and the only way we’re truly going to do that is through education.”

“Knife crime is just a horrific issue that’s been raised with me so many times since I got elected in July,” said Labour MP for West Bromwich Sarah Coombes.

She told the BBC that police needed more money, knives needed to be taken off the streets and there needed to be early intervention.

“Often 14 or 15 is too late, often we need to be doing it more like eight years old, nine years old and really make them understand the horrific impact that carrying a knife has.”

Coombes added that a loss of police in the region, especially PCSOs, had an impact, as well as a loss of youth services.

“It’s not easy to fix this problem, there are no quick fixes, but we have to be relentlessly focused on it.”

In September, the prime minister pledged to “double down” on knife crime at a summit at Downing Street aimed at halving it over the next decade.