A 13-year-old boy is dead, another in hospital and a 17-year-old student is in custody following a stabbing incident near the Boulevard Shopping Centre in St Andrew yesterday.

The police are probing arguments that robbery sparked the incident.

Dead is Emalio Evans of Olympic Way, also in St Andrew.

Reports are that sometime after 3 p.m., Evans and another teen were walking along the roadway where they were subsequently stabbed multiple times after failing to give up money which was demanded of them by another teen.

Both teens were rushed to hospital where Evans died and the other admitted in serious condition.

The student, of a high school in St Andrew, was taken into custody in connection with the incident.