Police have arrested a 20-year-old Iraqi wanted in connection with the murder of a Bradford student.

Detectives apprehended Reaben Borhan Kareem in London following a public appeal to help trace him.

He is being held in custody and questioned by police in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 19-year-old man in a terraced house in Grantham Road, Great Horton, Bradford, on Friday evening.

A post-mortem examination carried out yesterday showed the student died of multiple stab wounds.

Detective Superintendent Steve Payne, who is leading the investigation on behalf of West Yorkshire Police’s homicide and major enquiry team, thanked the public and the media for their support in catching the suspect.