Small Heath stabbing: Man charged with murder of Yahya Sharif

Yahya Sharif died on Friday, police said

A man has been charged with murdering an 18-year-old who was stabbed to death in the street.

Yahya Sharif from Nechells in Birmingham was found seriously injured in the Small Heath area of the city on Friday and died at the scene.

Abdulahi Abdi, of Queenstown Road in London, appeared before Birmingham magistrates on Thursday and was remanded into custody.

The 19-year-old is set to appear at the city's crown court on Monday.

A second man has been arrested at an address in Bordesley Green in connection with the death, police said on Thursday.

Mr Sharif was attacked in Coventry Road at about 17:30 GMT, and a post-mortem examination revealed he died from a stab wound to the chest.

Det Insp Hannah Whitehouse, appealed for anyone with information to contact the force.

"We've made some good progress, but this remains a live and very much active investigation," she said.

"We're continuing to establish exactly why this happened and we need anyone who can help us do this to come forward."

Yahya Sharif was found by emergency crews in cardiac arrest in a street in Small Heath