Teenage girl stabbed to death on bus while saving friend from ex-boyfriend’s attack

The family of a schoolgirl who was stabbed to death on a bus in Croydon while trying to protect her friend from an ex-boyfriend have released a heartbreaking tribute to their “beautiful soul”. Eliyanna Andam, 15, was a pupil at Old Palace of John Whitgift School in Croydon and had aspirations of becoming a lawyer. She was attacked with a foot-long serrated zombie knife on Wednesday morning, less than a mile from the school gates. She died on the pavement despite the efforts of a bus driver, passers-by and paramedics who rushed to the scene. A 17-year-old boy, who knew the victim, was arrested in New Addington in south London and is in custody. Eliyanna’s aunt Marian told the Evening Standard that her niece had a bright future ahead of her and loved gymnastics and doing her hair. She said: “We are a big family and supporting each other. We are devastated. We can’t comprehend the heartbreak of the last 24 hours. She went to school and didn’t come home. It hasn’t sunk in. My sister is not fe