Boy, 16, held over fatal stabbing of Afghan refugee in west London

Principal of college attended by Hazrat Wali, who was killed on Tuesday, says he had a bright future

An Afghan refugee who was fatally stabbed yards from the west London college where he was studying had a “a bright future ahead of him”, its principal has said as a 16-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of murder.

Students and staff at Richmond upon Thames College in Twickenham told of their shock and fear after the killing of Hazrat Wali, 18, who came to the UK two years ago and lived in Notting Hill.