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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 on Boundary Road in Plaistow at about 2130 GMT last night, and was bleeding from a leg wound. 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 taken to the nearby Newham General Hospital, where he died. Police said his next-of-kin have yet to be informed. 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 running away from near the scene. Police added that there was an "urgent" need to trace two youths seen near to where the victim was found.
The Metropolitan Police said the victim was black, tall for his age and was wearing white Nike trainers. 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.
He is understood to have been on a night out at the Showcase cinema in Beckton and police add that he may have travelled back to Plaistow on the bus. They are looking at CCTV footage to establish his movements.
'Worrying''Worrying'
The incident comes just three days after 16-year-old Kodjo Yenga was stabbed to death in Hammersmith, west London.
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 occurence and now I hear about this one that's happened just up the road last night. "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.