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| Youth stabbed to death in street | Youth stabbed to death in street |
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| A teenager has been stabbed to death during a disturbance involving youths on a north London street. | A teenager has been stabbed to death during a disturbance involving youths on a north London street. |
| Police were called to the incident, involving a group of youths on Tollington Way, Islington, at 2030 BST on Tuesday. | Police were called to the incident, involving a group of youths on Tollington Way, Islington, at 2030 BST on Tuesday. |
| Paramedics arrived and treated the youth - believed to be in his mid teens - but he died at the scene. | Paramedics arrived and treated the youth - believed to be in his mid teens - but he died at the scene. |
| Witness Sadik Turan, 21, said the boy was chased by up to 10 youths who then attacked him. | |
| 'Brave heart' | |
| Mr Turan described the victim as "the most sweetest kid ever" who was still at school. | |
| "He was a brave heart. All he wanted to do was to be like his dad and to be a builder and now he isn't going to get the chance because of these teenagers," he said. | |
| A police spokeswoman there were several witnesses and they were keeping an open mind about the motive for the attack. | A police spokeswoman there were several witnesses and they were keeping an open mind about the motive for the attack. |
| She added: "We are in the process of informing his next of kin and officers from the Homicide and Serious Crime Command are at the scene." | She added: "We are in the process of informing his next of kin and officers from the Homicide and Serious Crime Command are at the scene." |
| She said it was not clear at this stage how many people were involved in the disturbance. | She said it was not clear at this stage how many people were involved in the disturbance. |
| The death is the latest in a series of killings involving teenagers in London. | The death is the latest in a series of killings involving teenagers in London. |
| Nightclub shooting | |
| On Saturday, 16-year-old Ben Hitchcock from Penge, south London, was stabbed to death in a fight involving up to 40 youths in Southend Road, Beckenham. | On Saturday, 16-year-old Ben Hitchcock from Penge, south London, was stabbed to death in a fight involving up to 40 youths in Southend Road, Beckenham. |
| Fourteen teenagers were arrested in connection with the incident and were later released on police bail pending further inquiries. | Fourteen teenagers were arrested in connection with the incident and were later released on police bail pending further inquiries. |
| Ben's murder followed the shooting of a 17-year-old girl during a fight at a bar in north London in the early hours of Saturday morning. | Ben's murder followed the shooting of a 17-year-old girl during a fight at a bar in north London in the early hours of Saturday morning. |
| Annaka Keniesha Pinto died in hospital after being shot in the Swan bar in Philip Lane, Tottenham. | Annaka Keniesha Pinto died in hospital after being shot in the Swan bar in Philip Lane, Tottenham. |
| Three people were arrested in connection with the death and later released on bail. | Three people were arrested in connection with the death and later released on bail. |