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| Teenage street stab victim named | Teenage street stab victim named |
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| A 17-year-old youth stabbed to death in a street fight in south London has been named by police. | A 17-year-old youth stabbed to death in a street fight in south London has been named by police. |
| Nilanthan Moorthy, from Croydon, was among six to eight people involved in the fight in Croydon early on Saturday. | |
| The teenager died three hours later. A post-mortem examination found he died from a single knife wound to the neck. | The teenager died three hours later. A post-mortem examination found he died from a single knife wound to the neck. |
| Police want to trace a mini-cab driver who stopped at the scene. A 31-year-old man questioned in connection with the death has been released on bail. | Police want to trace a mini-cab driver who stopped at the scene. A 31-year-old man questioned in connection with the death has been released on bail. |
| Taxi argument | Taxi argument |
| Nilanthan was a member of the Tamil community. No-one else was hurt during the incident. | Nilanthan was a member of the Tamil community. No-one else was hurt during the incident. |
| Officers want to contact the mini-cab driver who stopped at the the scene of the fight at about 0100 BST on Saturday. | Officers want to contact the mini-cab driver who stopped at the the scene of the fight at about 0100 BST on Saturday. |
| The driver, who they believe was in a blue Ford Mondeo, stopped at the scene while carrying a passenger suspected of being involved in the incident. | The driver, who they believe was in a blue Ford Mondeo, stopped at the scene while carrying a passenger suspected of being involved in the incident. |
| The driver and passenger argued when the car stopped at traffic lights in Sumner Road. | The driver and passenger argued when the car stopped at traffic lights in Sumner Road. |
| The passenger did not leave the car, which subsequently drove off, but he returned to the scene of the incident on foot a short time later. | The passenger did not leave the car, which subsequently drove off, but he returned to the scene of the incident on foot a short time later. |
| A confrontation then took place in which Nilanthan was fatally injured. | A confrontation then took place in which Nilanthan was fatally injured. |
| He was the 23rd teenager to be killed in a stabbing or a shooting in the capital this year. | He was the 23rd teenager to be killed in a stabbing or a shooting in the capital this year. |