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| Four held over teenager's death | Four held over teenager's death |
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| Four people have been arrested in connection with the murder of 16-year-old Shakilus Townsend. | Four people have been arrested in connection with the murder of 16-year-old Shakilus Townsend. |
| Three male youths and one girl were being questioned at two police stations in south London. | Three male youths and one girl were being questioned at two police stations in south London. |
| Shakilus, from Deptford, south-east London, was beaten with a baseball bat and repeatedly stabbed in Thornton Heath on Thursday afternoon. | Shakilus, from Deptford, south-east London, was beaten with a baseball bat and repeatedly stabbed in Thornton Heath on Thursday afternoon. |
| Residents tried to stem the flow of blood with towels but the teenager died in hospital shortly after midnight. | |
| Officers made one of the arrests around 2100 BST on Saturday and the other three on Sunday morning. | Officers made one of the arrests around 2100 BST on Saturday and the other three on Sunday morning. |
| Following the stabbing which took place in broad daylight residents dragged Shakilus into the communal doorway of their building before trying desperately to save him. | |
| An air ambulance was scrambled and Shakilus was eventually taken to hospital by road after being treated at the scene. | |
| Tributes for Shakilus have appeared on the online memorial site Gone Too Soon. | |
| He is the 18th teenager to be shot or stabbed to death in London this year. | He is the 18th teenager to be shot or stabbed to death in London this year. |