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Seven held after stabbing death | |
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Seven youths have been arrested after a 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death in west London. | |
Kodjo Yenga, of Portland Road in Notting Hill, was found with a stab wound on Wednesday evening. He died later in hospital. | |
Police arrested the boys after the stabbing which took place following a disturbance in Hammersmith Grove. | |
All seven, aged between 13 and 21 years old, are now being quizzed at separate west London police stations. | |
Flowers left | Flowers left |
The Metropolitan Police said four of the youths were 13 years old, two were 15 and one was 21. | |
Police have urged anyone with information about the stabbing, which happened at about 1715 GMT, to contact them. | |
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." |
Some flowers have been left outside the row of shops where the boy was stabbed. | |
Street cordon | |
One eyewitness, who did not wish to be named, said she had seen the teenager chased by a gang. | 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 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. | "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. | 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. |
The scene of the attack has been cordoned off. |