A 15-year-old boy has been stabbed to death in east London. Police said they were called at 16:05 BST on Tuesday to Stoke Newington in the borough of Hackney, where they found a teenage boy with stab wounds.
He was pronounced dead at the scene on Stellman Close.
The suspect ran away and the Metropolitan Police says it is “working hard” to identify them. Dean Hanmore, who has lived on the estate where the stabbing happened all of his life, said what had happened was “terrible”. The 59-year-old said: “People are frightened to come out of their houses.
“Something’s got to be done. About six to 10 years ago it started getting worse around here. I just don’t know what to say anymore, it’s absolutely terrible. Everyone knows each other around here. We never had nothing like this before.
He added: “When the kids’ school holidays are broken up, something goes on. There’s always something going on – fighting or stabbing.
Source: BBC
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