Twitter tributes to schoolboy Ajmol Alom have flooded in after he was stabbed to death last night.

Friends and loved ones took to the social networking site to pay their respects to the 16-year-old, who died in hospital after being stabbed in Spey Street, Poplar.

One user, @shazz_eyy, wrote: “R.I.P to the brother ajmol alom gone but never forgotten insh’allah your (sic) gone to a better place now – not everybody lives but everybody dies.”

Another, @Chunky_96, wrote: “I was playing football with you yesterday bro.. RIP Ajmol Alom.”

Fellow Langdon Park School Pupil @heyitsanika wrote: “He went to my school and I can’t believe his gone :( RIP… R.i.p Ajmol Alom;(? May Allah grant you a place in heaven xo.”

For more tributes and information, see the links on the right hand side of this page.