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A boy has been stabbed to death in east London in a row over a mobile phone.A boy has been stabbed to death in east London in a row over a mobile phone.
The 17-year-old was stabbed in West Ham Park, Plaistow, at 1730 BST on Sunday when he intervened after a friend's mobile phone was taken. Rizwan Darbar, 17, was stabbed in West Ham Park, Plaistow, at 1730 BST on Sunday when he intervened after a friend's mobile phone was taken.
The victim was with two friends who were approached by a gang of youths who grabbed the mobile phone. He was with two friends who were approached by a gang of youths who grabbed the mobile phone.
The boy was taken to Newham General Hospital where he died over an hour later. Police have not made any arrests so far. The teenager was taken to Newham General Hospital where he died over an hour later. Police have not made any arrests so far.
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Detectives believe they know the name of the victim but are waiting for formal identification and for next-of-kin to be informed. His brother, Tausif Darbar, aged 19, said he was called by Rizwan's friends.
Speaking on BBC London 94.9's breakfast show, one resident who gave her name as Sheila said "another kid from our area" had been killed. "I came straight to the park and the ambulance was already here," he said.
"My boy is nearly 17 and he was chased the other week by a boy with a knife," she said. "Rizwan was on a stretcher. I was asking his friends and the police what had happened. I didn't think it was too major to start with.
A local teacher on her way to work told the programme that boys and girls were "violent" now. He was saying that it was nothing much, that they were having a laugh and then these boys approached them Tausif Darbar
"My students are always wanting to protect themselves, it's about survival now," she said. "They had given Rizwan morphine. He was in a lot of pain. And then I went with him in the ambulance.
"I spoke to him in the ambulance. He was saying that it was nothing much, that they were having a laugh and then these boys approached them."
He said Rizwan was taken straight into surgery after arriving at the hospital and doctors later came out and told the family that he had suffered a cardiac arrest.
The 17-year-old is the 19th teenager to have suffered a knife-related death in London this year.The 17-year-old is the 19th teenager to have suffered a knife-related death in London this year.