18-year-old woman, who was a freshman in college, was on Wednesday killed in a park in New York city. Teen is arrested.

A 13-year-old boy has been arrested and charged in connection with the killing of an 18-year-old woman in a park in New York City on Wednesday.

It writes the u.s. media NBC News, which has information from the leading people in the New York City police.

Police are looking for two more persons, believed to have been involved in the killing.

The 13-year-old alleged offender was arrested Thursday. His role in the attack is not yet clarified.

the Victim, 18-year-old Tessa Majors, was on Wednesday evening found dead in Morningside Park.

the Park is located in the vicinity of Barnard College, where the young woman was a sophomore.

According to police in New York, she was mugged by a group of persons who robbed her and then stuck her several times with a knife.

In a radio interview Friday, said the mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio, to "all individuals involved in this horrific and gruesome attacks will be brought to justice, and it will happen quickly".

Tessa Majors was according to the police killed shortly before seven o'clock Wednesday evening.

- During the attack drew one of the characters a knife and stabbed her several times. She staggered up the street. One of the security guards saw her and called 911 (emergency services, red.), said efterforskningschef Rodney Harris from the police in New York on Thursday.

Tessa Majors' life was not to save, and she was declared dead at a hospital nearby.

In a statement on Friday, writes her family: "we are devastated by this senseless loss of our beautiful and talented Tess. We are grateful for the incredible amount of love and support that has flowed in from all over the country".

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