Police are hunting a knifeman after a 13-year-old boy was stabbed to death at a house in the West Midlands.

Emergency services were called to an address on Lovett Avenue, in Oldbury, after the teenager was fatally knifed at around 4pm yesterday (29/8).

The schoolboy was treated by paramedics but despite their efforts he could not be saved and was pronounced dead at the scene on the Lion Farm estate.

West Midlands Police has launched a murder investigation and said detectives were following 'active lines of enquiry' to catch the person responsible.

A force spokesperson said: "We have a team of detectives investigating exactly what happened during this tragic incident and we're following active lines of enquiry to identify who was involved."