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Another teen killed in London
18/03/2007 16:25 - (SA)
London - A 15-year-old boy was stabbed
to death in a London street in the latest teenage murder to hit
the capital, police said on Sunday.
"My thoughts are for his mother - it's Mother's Day today,
it must be absolutely dreadful for the family," detective chief
inspector Ian Stevenson told reporters at the murder scene.
"I cannot imagine what they are going through. It's a very
sad day."
The boy, who has not been named, collapsed on the pavement
before horrified passers-by near West Ham's football stadium on
Saturday evening.
The black teenager had blood pouring from a wound in his
leg. He died later in hospital. Police said they were looking
for two youths seen near the murder scene.
Witnesses saw two young black men running away after the boy
was stabbed, he added. One local woman said she rang 999 after
she found the teenager lying in the street.
"I saw a young boy lying on the floor and a dark patch which
I thought was blood," Sandra Wynands told Sky News. "I asked
these two boys what's wrong and they said: 'I think he's drunk
or something and he's just fell over'."
Police are checking CCTV footage, searching for the murder
weapon and other evidence and speaking to local people.
The murder came just days after 16-year-old Kodjo Yenga was
stabbed to death in west London. Four teenagers appeared in
court on Saturday charged with his murder.
Last month, three teenagers were shot dead in separate
incidents in south London, sparking intense political debate
about violent crime and gang culture.
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