A 20-year-old Nigerian student of De Montfort University, in Leicester, Khaleed Oladipo, was stabbed to death in a street attack on Tuesday evening.
The incident happened outside a busy university building when he was on his way home to watch a semi-final Carabao Cup final between Arsenal and Chelsea.
Daily Mail UK disclosed this in a report on Thursday, adding that Oladipo was a second-year student of the university who arrived in the United Kingdom in September 2024.
The report said he was found with knife wounds, just feet away from the university’s Journalism and Media Department building.
He was studying cybersecurity, and was a talented footballer from South London.
Speaking about his death, the family said, “We cannot begin to put into words how sad we are to have lost Khaleed. He was an extremely loved son, brother, uncle, boyfriend and friend.
“Khaleed was a good boy who loved his family. He was in his second year at university, and we were so proud of him.
“One of his main passions was football and he had played since the age of four.
“He was an Arsenal supporter and we believe he was on his way home to watch the game later that night when he was stabbed and killed.”
An 18-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of murder was in police custody.
