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| Boys aged 13 and 14 arrested over Edmonton murder | Boys aged 13 and 14 arrested over Edmonton murder |
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| Four boys, all believed to be aged 13 and 14, have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a 52-year-old man after a row in north London, Scotland Yard said. | Four boys, all believed to be aged 13 and 14, have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a 52-year-old man after a row in north London, Scotland Yard said. |
| Police found the man stabbed at his home in The Broadway in Edmonton at about 19:50 GMT on Sunday. | Police found the man stabbed at his home in The Broadway in Edmonton at about 19:50 GMT on Sunday. |
| They said it is believed there was a "verbal altercation" between the victim and a group of boys. | They said it is believed there was a "verbal altercation" between the victim and a group of boys. |
| Formal identification of the victim has not yet taken place. | Formal identification of the victim has not yet taken place. |
| Detectives believe the victim had been involved in a row with a group of boys, aged in their mid-teens, as he attempted to gain entry into the block of flats. | |
| Det Chief Insp Neale Baldock said: "Our initial enquiries have established there was a supervised party taking place at another address within the block and the group of males were trying to gain access to this. | |
| "The victim and this group were not known to each other. What started as a minor verbal altercation has escalated into a shocking act of violence." |