THE parents of a Hampshire schoolboy who was stabbed to death have pleaded for calm after death threats appeared on Internet message boards.

Angela and Gary Little said: "We don't want another child to be killed because someone has been unable to control their feelings."

The couple's 15-year-old son, Dele, died after an incident outside the West Totton Centre last Saturday night.

Threats are said to have been made against two youngsters.

Detectives are refusing to name them.

Mr and Mrs Little, of Powell Crescent, Totton, have issued a statement appealing for calm.

It read: "Although deeply saddened by our loss, we have received enormous comfort from the messages and tributes that have been made by so many people since Dele's death.

"That is the best possible way for people to show their true feelings, not by trying to get revenge."

Dele was with a group of other youngsters when he got involved in an argument with a girl.

The following day, about 120 grief-stricken youngsters gathered at the scene to lay flowers.

Horticulturist Aaron Xan Roche, 20, of Ringwood Road, Lyndhurst, has been charged with murder and remanded in custody. A 17-year-old girl arrested on suspicion of affray has been released on police bail until March 26.