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North London stabbing: four boys arrested after row over access to party | |
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Four boys, all aged 13 or 14, have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 52-year-old man was stabbed to death in north London when a row over access to a party “escalated into a shocking act of violence”. | |
Police said a group of boys were involved in what was initially described as a “minor verbal altercation” with the victim as he returned home with a female partner to a block of flats in The Broadway, Enfield, just before 8pm on Sunday night. | |
Police suggested the boys were trying to gate-crash a party at another address in the block. | |
The man was pronounced dead at the scene just after 8.30pm after police and London Ambulance had responded to reports of a stabbing. | |
The victim, who has yet to be formally identified, was stabbed after being followed into the block by two individuals. | |
DCI Neale Baldock, who is leading the murder investigation, said: “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.” | |
Baldock added: “What started as a minor verbal altercation has escalated into a shocking act of violence.” | |
He said the victim and his attackers did not know each other. | |
Anyone with information is asked to contact the incident room on 0208 345 1570 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. |