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| Five arrested over boy's stabbing | |
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| Five youths have been arrested after a 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death in west London. | Five youths have been arrested after a 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death in west London. |
| The victim, who has not been formally identified, was found with a stab wound after a "disturbance" in Hammersmith Grove on Wednesday evening. | The victim, who has not been formally identified, was found with a stab wound after a "disturbance" in Hammersmith Grove on Wednesday evening. |
| A Metropolitan Police spokesman said the boy was taken to Charing Cross Hospital where he later died. | A Metropolitan Police spokesman said the boy was taken to Charing Cross Hospital where he later died. |
| Officers are questioning five boys at separate police stations and the scene of the attack has been cordoned off. | Officers are questioning five boys at separate police stations and the scene of the attack has been cordoned off. |
| Police have urged anyone with information about the stabbing, which happened at about 1715 GMT, to contact them. | Police have urged anyone with information about the stabbing, which happened at about 1715 GMT, to contact them. |
| Flowers left | |
| Det Ch Insp Tony Nash said: "We know there would have been a lot of people in the area at the time of the murder and I would urge anyone who saw what happened, or who has any other information about those responsible, to come forward to police." | Det Ch Insp Tony Nash said: "We know there would have been a lot of people in the area at the time of the murder and I would urge anyone who saw what happened, or who has any other information about those responsible, to come forward to police." |
| One or two bunches of flowers had been left outside a row of shops where the boy was stabbed. | |
| One eyewitness, who did not wish to be named, said she had seen the teenager chased by a gang. | |
| "I saw a fight at the top of the road. There were a big gang of guys chasing a guy with a dog, chucking sticks and shouting. | |
| "I had to swerve my car because they were throwing things, and the police were there two minutes later," she said. | |
| Another resident said she heard that the gang had been hitting the windows of a local convenience store before chasing the victim up the street. |