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Teenager dies in street stabbing | Teenager dies in street stabbing |
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A 15-year-old boy has been stabbed to death in east London. | A 15-year-old boy has been stabbed to death in east London. |
He was seen falling to the ground at the junction of Boundary Road and Kingsland Road in Plaistow at about 2130 GMT last night. | |
He was bleeding from a leg wound and taken by ambulance to the nearby Newham General Hospital, where he died just before 2300 GMT. | |
Police added that there was an "urgent" need to trace two youths seen near to where the victim was found. | |
Detective Chief Inspector Ian Stevenson, of the Metropolitan Police, said: "At this very early stage of the investigation, we are trying to build up a picture of events. | |
"Two youths were seen near to where the victim was found and I urgently need them to come forward as they may have vital information. | |
"Equally, I would appeal for anyone who may have seen the victim or the two youths in Kingsland Road to contact police." | |
CCTV | |
He said the victim was black, tall for his age and was wearing white Nike trainers. | |
"He had been to the Showcase Cinema in Beckton with some friends earlier in the evening and may have travelled to Boundary Road by bus. | |
He said bus numbers 104 and 376 stopped near where the teenager was found and detectives would be examining CCTV images from the buses as a priority. | |
There will be a post-mortem "in due course", the police said. | There will be a post-mortem "in due course", the police said. |
'Worrying' | 'Worrying' |
Local resident Liz Draper told the BBC there had been another stabbing in the area recently: "There was another incident where a child was stabbed earlier this year. | Local resident Liz Draper told the BBC there had been another stabbing in the area recently: "There was another incident where a child was stabbed earlier this year. |
"It was a one off occurrence and now I hear about this one that's happened just up the road last night. | |
"Just recently and certainly these past 18 months it's been getting slightly worrying." | "Just recently and certainly these past 18 months it's been getting slightly worrying." |
The incident comes just three days after 16-year-old Kodjo Yenga was stabbed to death in Hammersmith, west London. |