Kelyan Bokassa was killed on a route 472 bus in Woolwich Church Street, near Woolwich Ferry, just before 2.30pm on Tuesday. | ITV News London

A 14-year-old aspiring drill rapper who was stabbed to death on a London bus had been due in court for a machete offence...

Kelyan Bokassa, 14, is the latest teenager to be stabbed to death in the area after he boarded the 472 bus in Woolwich on Tuesday. But just 24 hours earlier, an 18-year-old student was left critically injured after he was stabbed less than a mile away.

Aspiring rapper Kelyan Bokassa was fatally injured on a route 472 bus in Woolwich Church Street, near Woolwich Ferry, just before 2.30pm on Tuesday. On Wednesday evening, around 40 mourners, including friends of the victim, gathered at a vigil held at St Mary Magdalene Church, which overlooks the bus stop where Kelyan died.

Police were called to reports of a stabbing on a 472 bus on Woolwich Church Road, London, around 2.30pm. A 14-year-old boy has been stabbed to death on a bus in Woolwich, in southeast London. Police were called around 2.30pm to reports of a stabbing on a bus on Woolwich Church Road near the junction with the A205 South Circular Road.

Schoolboy, 14, knifed to death on London double decker ‘was aspiring rapper’ - Police called to reports of stabbing on 472 bus route on Woolwich Church Road

A police investigation has been launched after the fatal stabbing of a 14-year boy on a bus this afternoon in Woolwich, London, with emergency services rushing to the scene just after 2.30pm

A 14-year-old boy has been stabbed to death on a bus in Woolwich, south east London, the Metropolitan Police said. We'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story.

A floral tribute has been laid next to a bus stop after a 14-year-old boy was stabbed to death on a bus in Woolwich.