Four teenagers have appeared in court charged with murder after a 17-year-old was fatally stabbed near a town centre bus station.
Thomas Taylor was attacked by a group of males as he walked along Greenhill Street, close to Bedford bus station, at 17:50 GMT on Wednesday, Bedfordshire Police said.
Ahmed Adam and Bennett Ndenkeh, both 18, and two other teens aged 16 and 17, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared at Luton Magistrate’s Court on Monday.
Adam, of Mardale Close, Kempston, Bedford, and Ndenkeh, of Midland Road, Bedford, were in the dock together wearing grey tracksuits, and spoke only to confirm their names, dates of birth and addresses.