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| A teenager has been arrested in connection with the murder of 14-year-old Martin Dinnegan. | A teenager has been arrested in connection with the murder of 14-year-old Martin Dinnegan. |
| Martin was stabbed to death during an attack by a group of youths in Islington, north London, on Tuesday. | Martin was stabbed to death during an attack by a group of youths in Islington, north London, on Tuesday. |
| Officers described the murder as a "vicious attack carried out in daylight on a busy street". | |
| A Metropolitan Police spokesman said a 15-year-old male youth was arrested on Wednesday night and is being questioned at a north London station. | A Metropolitan Police spokesman said a 15-year-old male youth was arrested on Wednesday night and is being questioned at a north London station. |
| His mother Lorraine said: "I've just been speaking to one of Martin's friends and he says it's because apparently they were looking at each other in the wrong way." | |
| "Before he knew it, there were lots of boys fighting and he said he just looked and Martin was lying on the ground. | |
| LONDON'S MURDER VICTIMS IN EIGHT DAYS 19 June - Sian Simpson, 18, stabbed in Croydon22 June - Carlos Eduardo Segove, 23, shot in Acton23 June - Mikey Brown, 23, stabbed in Kingston23 June - Annaka Keniesha Pinto, 17, shot in Tottenham 23 June - Ben Hitchcock, 16, stabbed in Beckenham26 June - Martin Dinnegan, 14, stabbed in Islington27 June - unidentified 18-year-old, stabbed in Ilford "It's just totally horrendous. | |
| "Why is it happening, why is it still happening? How many more victims are there going to be?" | |
| Det Supt Richard Heselden said: "This was a vicious attack carried out in daylight on a busy street and we are keen to trace any witnesses we may not have already spoken to, or anyone who has any information as to who may be responsible." | |
| The death is the latest in a series of killings involving young people in London. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Three people were arrested in connection with the death and later released on bail. |