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| Two held after teenager stabbed | Two held after teenager stabbed |
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| Two youths, aged 16 and 17, are to be questioned over the death of a schoolboy who was stabbed in the chest in east London. | |
| Stephen Lewis, 15, was found by police on Whitwell Road in Plaistow on Saturday night following a party at a church hall. | |
| A group of youths ran off as the officers arrived. | |
| The Metropolitan Police said Stephen was the first teenager to have met a violent death in London in 2009. | |
| Police cordoned off the area between the junction of Barking Road and Balaam Street up to the Foresters Arms pub in Abbey Street. | Police cordoned off the area between the junction of Barking Road and Balaam Street up to the Foresters Arms pub in Abbey Street. |
| Absolutely tragic | |
| Det Ch Insp Simon Moring said officers found the injured victim at about 2245 GMT, within minutes of a party ending, which he said was attended by up to 100 people at St Cedd's church hall. | |
| He said: "I'm open minded as to what the motive might be. | |
| Clearly this is a tragic stabbing of a young man who was in the prime of his life, who was just 15 years old. Absolutely tragic." | |
| An aunt of the victim, who said her name was Michelle, gave a brief statement on behalf of Stephen's mother. | |
| Everybody loved him Statement on behalf of Stephen's mother | |
| "Everybody loved him," she said. "They are going to miss him." | |
| A local man, who did not want to be identified, said his nephew was a friend of the victim, and that both of them were "threatened". | A local man, who did not want to be identified, said his nephew was a friend of the victim, and that both of them were "threatened". |
| He said: "He [the victim] was not a knife carrier. He just went to a party to meet his mates. But his mates weren't there and a group of lads came and he got stabbed." | He said: "He [the victim] was not a knife carrier. He just went to a party to meet his mates. But his mates weren't there and a group of lads came and he got stabbed." |
| A 15-year-old girl said the stabbing followed a row at a fund-raising event at the church hall. | |
| Screaming and shouting | |
| The party had to end when a fight broke out, she said. | The party had to end when a fight broke out, she said. |
| "I saw pushing and arms swinging around. Then the bouncers came in and said the party has been knocked off. | "I saw pushing and arms swinging around. Then the bouncers came in and said the party has been knocked off. |
| "I was expecting a fight but I wasn't expecting anyone to get stabbed. There is always a fight, that is why I left early." | "I was expecting a fight but I wasn't expecting anyone to get stabbed. There is always a fight, that is why I left early." |
| Another local resident, who saw the incident from her home, said: "There were between 50 to 100 kids and there was a lot of screaming and shouting." | Another local resident, who saw the incident from her home, said: "There were between 50 to 100 kids and there was a lot of screaming and shouting." |
| Last year, 28 teenagers were killed in violent incidents in London. |