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Tributes paid to stabbed teenager | |
(about 7 hours later) | |
Teachers and friends have paid tribute to Kodjo Yenga, the 16-year-old stabbed to death on Wednesday in west London. | |
Paul O'Shea, principal of St Charles Catholic Sixth Form College where Kodjo was a student, called him "a friendly, gentle and peaceful young man". | |
Messages posted on Kodjo's personal webpage said that he would be "dearly missed" and would "never be forgotten". | |
Seven people, aged 13 to 21, have been arrested and are being questioned at separate west London police stations. | Seven people, aged 13 to 21, have been arrested and are being questioned at separate west London police stations. |
Kodjo, of Portland Road, Notting Hill, was stabbed in the heart during an attack in Hammersmith Grove on Wednesday evening. | |
Flowers and candles have been left at a makeshift shrine near the row of shops where he was stabbed. | |
'Able student' | |
According to Mr O'Shea, Kodjo was "an able student... who was regarded with great affection by his fellow students and his teachers". | |
"He was a credit to his mother and wider family, to whom all the students and staff at St Charles College offer their heart-felt condolences." | |
Those sentiments have been echoed by users of the Bebo website, on which Kodjo had a webpage under the nickname Kizzle Sweet-thug. | |
"I love u bruva," reads one posting, while another describes him as a "fallen soulja" who was "loved dearly". | |
Police said the area was busy at the time of the stabbing and have appealed for witnesses to come forward. | Police said the area was busy at the time of the stabbing and have appealed for witnesses to come forward. |
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." |
'Appalling murder' | |
One eyewitness described seeing the teenager being chased by a gang who were throwing sticks and shouting. | One eyewitness described seeing the teenager being chased by a gang who were throwing sticks and shouting. |
Another resident said she heard that the gang had been hitting the windows of a local shop before chasing the victim up the street. | Another resident said she heard that the gang had been hitting the windows of a local shop before chasing the victim up the street. |
Local MP Greg Hands said he was "very upset at this appalling murder". | |
"This was a horrific attack in daylight in a relatively busy street and will send shock waves through the community. My sympathy goes out to the family of the victim." | |
Four 13-year-old boys are among those being questioned. |
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