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| Family in tribute to stab victim | |
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| The family of a 17-year-old youth stabbed to death in a street fight in south London have paid tribute to the "energetic and helpful" teenager. | |
| Nilanthan Moorthy's sister Santhiya said her parents were "destroyed" by their only son's death. | |
| "He was always giving a helping hand", she said. "Every day, every second, we will be thinking of him." | "He was always giving a helping hand", she said. "Every day, every second, we will be thinking of him." |
| A 31-year-old man arrested in connection with Nilanthan's murder has since been released on bail. | |
| Nilanthan was among six to eight people involved in the fight in Croydon early on Saturday. | Nilanthan 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. | |
| Dozens of family members have visited Nilanthan's Croydon home and the scene of the crime in Sumner Road. | |
| His aunt Usha Muralitharan, 48, said: "He was a helpful boy. He was very family-orientated." | |
| Others said he enjoyed playing football and cricket, and described him as the "joker of the family". |