By Burak Bir
LONDON (AA) - Three suspects, including two teenagers, have been arrested in an investigation into the murder of 14-year-old Kelyan Bokassa last week, London police said Wednesday.
"A 15-year-old boy and a 16-year-old boy were arrested on Wednesday, on suspicion of murder, they both remain in custody," the Metropolitan Police said in a statement.
A 44-year-old woman was also arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, said the police, adding that she also remains in custody.
The 14-year-old boy was stabbed to death on a bus in Woolwich, southeast London on Jan. 7.
Police later formally identified the boy as Kelyan Bokassa.
The incident occurred on a Route 472 bus on Woolwich Church Street near the junction with the A205 South Circular Road, where paramedics treated the boy at the scene, but he died, said the police statement last week.
"While these arrests mark a significant step forward in this investigation, we continue to appeal for anyone with information about Keylan’s murder to come forward and speak to us," Detective Chief Inspector Sarah Lee, who is leading the investigation said in the statement.