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| Student stabbed to death in row | |
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| A school student has become the 17th teenager to be killed in London this year after being fatally stabbed. | |
| Ben Kinsella, believed to be 18, was attacked during a row with a group of youths in York Way, near the junction of North Road, Holloway, north London. | |
| He was taken to hospital for treatment following the attack at about 0200 BST, but died several hours later. | He was taken to hospital for treatment following the attack at about 0200 BST, but died several hours later. |
| Two youths have been arrested and remain in police custody. Any witnesses are being urged to come forward. | |
| 'Pool of blood' | |
| It is thought that Mr Kinsella was at a party in a local pub when the row broke out with several youths. | |
| A witness who saw him after the attack said: "His shirt had been pulled up and I could see red marks all over his stomach and then what looked like a wound and there was a pool of blood next to him. | |
| He was a bright kid, very high achieving academically and would have had some very good results to look forward to this summer Bob Hamlyn, head teacher, Holloway School | |
| "There were ambulance men putting an oxygen mask on him and trying to help him." | |
| One of Mr Kinsella's friends said the teenager had made a desperate phone call minutes before he died. | |
| The teenager, who did not want to be named, said: "He called me on the phone and just said 'help'. | |
| "He sounded really scared and then it just clicked off." | |
| 'Lovely family' | |
| Mr Kinsella was a student at Holloway School. | |
| "They are a lovely family and they are very supportive at school," said the head teacher Bob Hamlyn. | |
| "He was a bright kid, very high achieving academically and would have had some very good results to look forward to this summer. | |
| "He was also very sporty and had everything to live for, but that has been taken away from him now." | |
| Among the mourners who turned up to pay tribute was actress Linda Robson who laid flowers at the scene. | |
| In 2007, 27 teenagers were killed in the city - the worst year on record for teenage deaths. | In 2007, 27 teenagers were killed in the city - the worst year on record for teenage deaths. |