POLICE have arrested a man on suspicion of murder over the stabbing of 16-year-old Harun Jama in Oxford.

The keen footballer, from Birmingham, was found stabbed and bleeding to death under a footbridge in Friars Wharf next to the River Thames shortly before 8pm on January 3, 2018.

He was taken to hospital for treatment but later died as a result of his injuries.

A 34-year-old man was arrested in Liverpool yesterday on suspicion of murder.

He has been released on police bail until October 2.