Hundreds of mourners pay respect to boy who was stabbed to death in suspected racist attack

Hundreds of mourners pay respect to boy who was stabbed to death in suspected racist attack

Hundreds of mourners lined the streets to pay their respects to a talented teenage footballer who was stabbed to death in a suspected racist attack.Dea-John Reid, 14, was targeted by thugs while he was out with friends before he was knifed outside a McDonald's restaurant.Witnesses say the teenager received racial abuse shortly before he was killed in Kingstanding, Birmingham, on May Bank Holiday Monday (31/5).In a tribute from Joan, which was read out by a family friend, she said: "I can't believe it has been six tragic weeks since the death of my baby son Dea-John.

"I will remember the day May 31 as the day my world turned upside down, you have left us too soon.

"Every morning I wake up and I still look forward to coming into my bedroom and asking how I was."Every time my phone rings I hope it is you."Filmed on 14th July 2021